Donald Trump says he is “perhaps or not” that strikes Iran

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Donald Trump made his most obvious comments about the potential American military action against Iran, saying that next week will be “very large” in determining the course of war between Israel and the Islamic Republic.

Speaking after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamna Washington, Washington, warned of “irreparable damages” if it interfered, Trump suggested that Tehran wanted to negotiate, but he left him seriously late.

“I might do it. I may not do it. I mean, no one knows what I will do.” Trump He said at the White House on Wednesday morning, a day after receiving the status room on the conflict.

“The next week will be very large – perhaps less than a week,” he added in statements that hint on a possible time frame for the US decision.

Hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that he had a “very warm” conversation with Trump on Tuesday night.

Netanyahu said that Israel “is taking step” to remove nuclear and ballistic missile threats in Iran, adding: “We attack nuclear installations, missiles, command centers and the symbols of the regime.”

But he also admitted that Israel “suffers from many painful losses and losses” from Iranian missile strikes.

The Pentagon on Monday ordered the USS NIMITZ aircraft carrier and three missile destroyers to re -deploy from the South China Sea to The Middle EastIt is possible that it takes about a week.

The US President said that he had not given any indication of the US involvement in strikes against Iran.

But he said he asked Netanyahu to “continue” in his attacks.

Trump added that Tehran, who was working in indirect talks with Washington on its nuclear program before Israel launched its war, suggested sending a delegation to the White House to the talks. He described the move as “courage”, although he said that Iran was “completely isolated” and in a “unnecessary” position.

He said, “Iran faces a lot of trouble and want to negotiate,” adding that he told the Iranians, “It is too late to speak,” while warning “Nothing is very late.”

Oil prices fell after Trump’s comments, which investors saw it would last, with Brent raw standard 2 percent of the closure of Tuesday, before returning some of its losses.

However, Iran’s mission to the United Nations rejected Trump’s novel, and published on X: “No Iranian official asked to demand the doors of the White House … Iran does not negotiate under coercion.”

In a televised message to the Iranian people early in the day, my crude went out in the Trump invitation Tehran “unconditional surrender”And that the American president proposes means the complete destruction of the country’s nuclear program.

Israel says the program aims to develop a weapon, although Iran says it is purely peaceful.

The supreme Iranian leader said: “Those who suffer from wisdom who know Iran, its people and its history, will not use the language of threat to address this nation because they will never surrender.”

He added: “The Americans should know that any American military participation will undoubtedly lead to irreparable damage.”

When asked about my cloud comments, Trump said: “I say,” Good luck. ”

It was witnessed by Congress on Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth said that the Pentagon was “ready to implement” any decision made by the president regarding going to war, although he refused to say whether the Pentagon would help Israel in Iran.

“President Trump’s word means something. The world understands this. In the Ministry of Defense, our mission is to prepare and prepare for options,” said Higseth. “We already have many ways … re -establishing deterrence. The question is, in the coming days exactly what direction is going.”

If Trump decides to engage the United States more directly, it may make a big difference by hitting the Fordow, a major Iranian nuclear facility buried half a kilometer under a mountain, with the US B-2 bombers and 30,000 GBU-57 pounds of huge intelligence, Known as “Bunker Busters”.

Earlier on Wednesday, Israel said it had a production site to make the centrifugation to enrich uranium-a process that could result from nuclear fuel materials and weapons-in addition to manufacturing sites of missiles from the surface to the surface and the surface.

Later in the evening, an Iranian missile targeted Salvo Tel Aviv and central Israel, with early reports indicating that all the projectiles had been intercepted.

Additional reports by Dimitri Sevastopolo in Washington, Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv and Andrew England, London