Trump signals possible strikes on Iranian nuclear sites: “ has had many problems ”

President Donald Trump said it was in the air if he would rely on military strikes targeting Iranian nuclear installations – comments that came when his administration weighs on the growing conflict between Israel and Iran.

Trump told journalists outside the White House on Wednesday, which he had not excluded if the United States struck Iranian nuclear installations, but said that the next few days or the “next week was going to be very large”.

In addition, Trump said that the Iranian capital, Tehran, faced many problems because he seeks to come to the negotiating table after abandoning the talks planned for Sunday.

Trump says that “something will happen very soon” with Iran as he pushes to negotiate a nuclear agreement

President Donald Trump speaks with journalists before the installation of a flag pole on the southern lawn of the White House, June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC (Evan Vucci / The Associated Press)

“Yes, I can do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do. I can tell you that Iran has a lot of problems, and they want to negotiate,” Trump told journalists on Wednesday. “And I said, why didn’t you negotiate with me before all this death and this destruction? Why didn’t you go? I said to people, why didn’t you negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done well. You could have had a country. It’s very sad to look at this.”

Trump previously said that he thought Iran was very close to obtaining a nuclear weapon and pushed Iran to sign a nuclear agreement. Although discussions have been planned between the United States and Iran in Oman on Sunday, Iran retired to discussions on Friday.

Trump doubled his previous statements on Wednesday saying that Iran could not get a nuclear weapon.

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President Donald Trump and an image of an Israeli strike against Iran. Trump said he was thinking that Israel and Iran could conclude an agreement to stop fighting between the two nations. (Getty Images; AP)

“It’s just not a threat you can have. And we have been threatened by Iran for many years,” said Trump. “You know, if you go back and look at my story, if you come back 15 years, I say that we cannot let Iran get a nuclear weapon. I have been saying it for a long time.”

As a result, Trump told journalists he had offered Iran “the ultimate ultimatum”.

“Maybe you could call it the ultimate-the ultimate ultimatum, right?” He said.

The tensions between Israel and Iran degenerated Thursday after Israel launched massive air strikes against Iranian nuclear sites which, according to Israel, killed several high -ranking military leaders. In response, Iran has also launched strikes against Israel while the two military campaigns go up to each other.

While Secretary of State Marco Rubio initially declared that the United States was not involved in strikes against Iran, Trump later told Reuters that he was aware of the attacks in advance.

Meanwhile, Iran said that the United States entering the conflict would mean “total war”.

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The supreme Iranian chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with nuclear scientists and staff of the Iran’s atomic energy organization. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Chef / Wana / Reuters)

“Any American intervention would be a recipe for a total war in the region,” the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei said on Wednesday in an interview with Al Jazeera English.

Trump has long warned that Iran could face military consequences if it does not negotiate a nuclear agreement and signed a decree in February by asking the Treasury Department to execute “maximum economic pressure” on Iran thanks to a series of sanctions aimed at flowing from Iran’s oil exports.