'They Should've Made A Deal': Trump Says The Iranians 'Want To Negotiate Badly'

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During a press conference in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump spoke about Iran.

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00:00They want to do something.

00:02We'll see what happens.

00:03Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President,

00:05Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President,

00:07Mr. President, I don't know.

00:08Thank you, Mr. President.

00:09An American from Tampa was beaten to death.

00:12He was killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

00:15His family has been calling on you to help prosecute his killers.

00:20Are you going to do that, an American from Tampa?

00:23Yeah, your first sentence is really, go ahead.

00:26An American citizen from Tampa, Florida,

00:29has been killed in the West Bank.

00:32His family has been asking on you to prosecute him.

00:35Are you going to help finding his killers?

00:37Yeah, well, so first of all,

00:38have you seen yesterday Ambassador Huckabee has asked the Israelis

00:40to conduct an investigation?

00:42We want to get all the information about who was involved.

00:44We protect all American citizens anywhere in the world,

00:46especially if they're unjustly murdered or killed.

00:49So we're gathering more information,

00:51but I hope you saw yesterday Ambassador Huckabee in Israel

00:54asked the Israelis authorities to produce an investigation

00:57and concrete information about who was responsible for his murder.

01:01They're reporting that tomorrow.

01:02We have a meeting on it.

01:03They're going to be reporting that tomorrow.

01:05Can I ask a question, please?

01:06Yeah.

01:07Do you think that the Gulf area now is more secure,

01:10and do you believe that a negotiation with Iran

01:13is necessary at this stage?

01:15Well, I definitely believe that the volatility of the situation has been reduced.

01:21And we didn't know where it was going to go on the Sunday.

01:25We were very glad when we found out on the Monday.

01:27Let me put it that way.

01:28And should the Iranians want to negotiate,

01:31I believe the ball's in their court.

01:33That is the true reality of where we stand today.

01:36They are the ones that stand to benefit from a negotiation.

01:39And they do.

01:41They want to negotiate.

01:42They want to negotiate badly.

01:45We're in no rush because, you know,

01:49we said we could have made a deal.

01:52They should have made a deal.

01:53And then we bombed the hell out of their various places.

01:57We're in no rush.

01:58But if they want to negotiate, we're here.

02:00Yeah.

02:01Mr. President, Mr. President, I know you want to move.

02:03He's very comfortable with.

02:04But I guess, you know,

02:05he's going to be comfortable with something.

02:06So, don't tell me,

02:07I think, you know,

02:08I can't be comfortable with anything in the case of my hand.

02:09But I don't want to be comfortable with anything.

02:10I can't put it through this.

02:11It's a bit of a, a bit,

02:12I don't want to go in.

02:13I can't put it.

02:14I can't put it.

02:15I can't put it, I can't put it on the phone.

02:17As you can see the door.

02:18I can't put it right now.

02:19I feel nervous in the window.

02:20I can't put it in the window.

02:22I can't get it until I want to get into it.

02:23But I have to be comfortable with the pressure.

02:24And that's it.

02:25I can't do.

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