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Trump gives Iran two-week deadline to surrender and reveals exactly how close Ayatollah is to a nuclear bomb
Trump gives Iran two-week deadline to surrender and reveals exactly how close Ayatollah is to a nuclear bomb

Daily Mail​

time6 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Daily Mail​

Trump gives Iran two-week deadline to surrender and reveals exactly how close Ayatollah is to a nuclear bomb

President Donald Trump will decide whether or not to strike Iran in the next two weeks, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. She said the president was still holding out on a diplomatic solution, though wouldn't provide details about what U.S.-Iran talks would look like. Leavitt read a direct statement to reporters from Trump at the top of her briefing. 'Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,' the Trump statement read. Leavitt also said she welcomed a question when a journalist asked if Iran was a few weeks away from 'obtaining enough enriched uranium to start building a weapon' or 'completing production of a weapon.' 'Let's be very clear, Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon,' Leavitt answered. 'All they need is a decision from the Supreme Leader to do that.' 'And it would take a couple of weeks to complete the production of that weapon, which would, of course, pose an existential threat not just to Israel but to the United States and to the entire world,' Leavitt continued. The world has been awaiting Trump's decision on whether he'll join Israel's current war with Iran, which has now stretched a week. In particular, Israel has wanted U.S. assistance with bombing Iran's Fordow nuclear site. But the idea of military action against Iran has gotten Trump in trouble some some factions of the MAGA right, after he promised as a candidate to get the United States out of 'forever wars' and pledged 'World War III' wouldn't occur under his watch. 'Trust in President Trump,' she said, when asked near the top of the briefing what the president's message is to everyday Trump supporters, who might be skeptical of any military action. She said the U.S. was now looking for a deal with Iran that would include 'no enrichment of uranium' and reiterated that Iran wouldn't be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. 'With respect to Iran, nobody should be surprised by the president's position that Iran absolutely cannot obtain a nuclear weapon,' Leavitt also said. Leavitt also said the previous deal on the table through Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was 'both realistic and acceptable.' She wouldn't give much more detail on when diplomatic talks might happen. 'Out of respect for the ongoing discussions and negotiations, I am not going to get into the details of them. We've provided you confirmation,' Leavitt said. Witkoff was spotted by CNN alongside other Trump advisers at the White House on Thursday, with Leavitt suggesting he wouldn't be heading to Geneva, where the Europeans are scheduled to have talks with an Iranian delegation on Friday. Oman had previously hosted U.S.-Iran talks and three Iranian planes had been spotted landing in the capital of Muscat on Wednesday. 'As for correspondence between the United States and the Iranians, I can confirm that correspondence has continued. As you know, we were engaged with six rounds of negotiations with them in both indirect and direct ways,' Leavitt answered. Trump had also pitched the Iranians coming to see him at the White House. One reporter pointed out that if an Iranian delegation could get as far as Geneva, could they be coming to Washington as well? 'I am not going to get into hypotheticals,' Leavitt answered. 'But as you heard from the president yesterday, they have expressed interest in doing that.'

Trump blasts one of his key cabinet members: ‘I don't care what she said'
Trump blasts one of his key cabinet members: ‘I don't care what she said'

Yahoo

time20 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Yahoo

Trump blasts one of his key cabinet members: ‘I don't care what she said'

President Donald Trump isn't interested in what his director of national intelligence has to say about Iran's nuclear capabilities. On Tuesday, Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One after he suddenly left the G7 summit on Monday, according to Axios. He told reporters that he thinks Iran is 'very close' to having a nuclear weapon. The comments contradict March's testimony from his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who wrote that Tehran was not building a nuclear weapon. A reporter on Air Force One asked Trump on Tuesday about Gabbard's comments about Iran's nuclear capabilities. 'I don't care what she said,' Trump told reporters. 'I think they were very close to having it.' On Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump continued to post about the conflict between Israel and Iran. On June 13, Israel launched attacks on Iran's nuclear and military structure, claiming it was necessary before the country got close to building an atomic weapon, according to The Associated Press. The two countries have fired missiles at each other for four days now On Tuesday, Trump posted on Truth Social: 'We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.' It is unclear whether the 'we' in Trump's post refers to the United States. In a subsequent post, Trump wrote: 'We know exactly where the so-called 'Supreme Leader' is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.' Again, Trump did not make clear who the 'we' was in his Truth Social post. The 'Supreme Leader' mentioned in the post appears to be about Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei. In a third post, Trump wrote in all capital letters: 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!' Axios reporters Barak Ravid and Dave Lawler reported on Tuesday that Trump is considering a strike on Iran, with sources telling the outlet that the U.S. is 'seriously considering joining the war.' Trump has received pushback from right-wing figures about the potential of U.S. involvement in the conflict. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson criticized Trump in the June 13 edition of his online newsletter, saying the president was 'complicit' in Israel's attack on Iran that took place that week, according to The Hill. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., also spoke out against U.S. involvement in 'foreign wars, intervention and regime change,' on X, saying it would kill innocent people and would 'lead to our destruction.' On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, introduced a war powers resolution that would forbid U.S. involvement without congressional authorization. 'This is not our war,' Massie wrote on X. 'Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.' Commission OK's more casino mitigation money, but the well may be running dry Walter Gunn resigns from Longmeadow Planning Board amid town tensions As federal funding cuts hit Harvard, a private investment firm and other donors step up New England pols move to block Trump from attacking Iran without permission from Congress 'That's not kooky' major Trump ally breaks with president on former news host Read the original article on MassLive.

US Prepares for Possible Strike on Iran
US Prepares for Possible Strike on Iran

Bloomberg

timea day ago

  • Politics
  • Bloomberg

US Prepares for Possible Strike on Iran

00:00 Speculation rampant the last couple of days about what the US are going to do, whether they actually do want to get involved militarily. Big story from our Bloomberg colleagues overnight. What do we know? Very much so. So the US is preparing for potential strikes. So I think we've got to the point now where whatever the US might do, those plans are in place and they can go instantly if Donald Trump decides that that's what he wants to do. We're still very unclear at the moment exactly what those plans are, whether that would be the US focusing on limited strikes, on specific nuclear facilities such as Fordow or maybe the Natanz underground facilities, for example, or if it would be something wider targeting it, targeting many more military facilities and perhaps even senior Iranian officials. And let's not forget, in the past, in the past few days, there's been plenty of speculation about whether the US would try or Israel would try. Between them, they'd try and take out Iran's supreme leader. So there's lots of options, but it's pretty clear at the moment that the US can go very quickly if that's what Donald Trump decides. We heard from the Iranian supreme leader yesterday. He said that they he predicts irreparable damage on US assets should they deem the US to have been involved militarily in strikes. How should you read those comments and the rest of what he said? I think it's important. So he put out a statement yesterday, the supreme leader. There was a lot of defiance, I think. Well, that's how I read it. In his words, he essentially said there will be no surrender. And yes, he's threatened to attack US assets across the region if the US either joins him with the Israeli strikes or carries out strikes on its own. And important to note, that is something that is very much front and centre of the minds of some of Donald Trump's main supporters, some of his MAGA base. There's a bit of a split within them, and there are plenty of, let's call it his high profile supporters who do not want the US to do this and think this would just embroil the US in another foreign war. So that's something that Donald Trump will be weighing with his most senior advisors. I was looking at a YouGov poll that was put out overnight suggesting that the US public on both sides of the aisle, by the way, are very much the overwhelming majorities opposed to the US getting involved militarily in this war. Just to round things up. Paul, what are we actually seeing in terms of attacks and counterattacks between Israel and Iran over the last couple of days? From what I've seen, the intensity of Iranian attacks on Israel seems to have slowed down, but not vice versa. Yes, I think that's essentially what it is. So when it comes to Iranian attacks on Israel, Iran is still firing ballistic missiles daily, but the number of those has dropped quite significantly since Friday and and Saturday and Sunday. And we've done a few stories on this. And we did one yesterday pointing out that Israel has taken the first steps, if you like, to reopen the reopen the economy. And it wasn't totally shut down, but it's it's easing some of the rules that are put in place to make sure people were as safe as possible. And this is either a sign that Iran's launch sites are damaged because Israel has been very much prioritizing hitting those launch sites and or that Iran is trying to preserve its stockpiles when it comes to attacks on places like Tehran and other sites in Iran. They are still continuing the whole time. And one thing one thing that was important in the last few hours was that Israel asked or put out a Farsi social media post calling on people in the region to evacuate. That's the site of a key nuclear facility. There's a deep water reactor there. And we don't know what Israel is planning, of course, but it is possible that they will look for a strike on that facility and that there is a danger of some kind of some kind of radiological leak or something like that.

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