Trump says that Iran would hit us again if the nuclear program was rebuilt

The United States again struck Iran if the country was trying to rebuild its nuclear program, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.

Trump made the statement on Wednesday during an exchange with journalists as he attended a NATO summit in the Netherlands. The United States has praised an Israel report declaring that Iranian nuclear strikes in three receives the country’s program “many years”.

A journalist asked Trump if he hit Iran again if he had to rebuild his nuclear installations.

“Of course,” said Trump’s frank answer.

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President Donald Trump speaks while he meets the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Hague, the Netherlands, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)

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The exchange came after the secretary general of NATO, Mark, Rutte, praised Trump as a “man of force” and a “man of peace” at the summit on Wednesday.

“I just want to recognize your decisive action on Iran,” said Rutte at the start of his joint remarks with the president. “You are a man of force, but you are also a man of peace. And the fact that you are now able to do this cease-fire between Israel and Iran-I really want to congratulate you for that. I think it’s important for the whole world.”

US President Donald Trump meets NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, at the NATO summit in Hague, in the Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. (Reuters / Brian Snyder)

Rutte also welcomed Trump’s efforts to bring NATO members to pay more and said that the president “flew in another great success” after all countries – with the exception of Spain, were devoted to 5% of their GDP in defense. He added that Trump had obtained something “no American president for decades could be done”.

NATO member states have had mixed reactions to strikes against Iran nuclear installationWith several calls for de -escalation while recognizing the threat that a nuclear Iran would represent for world security.

The card of us strikes on Iran. (Fox News)

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Trump Cajolé Iran and Israel in a ceasefire on Tuesday which has so far held after an uncertain start that has seen Trump unleash his frustration towards the two countries.

Rachel Wolf of Fox News contributed to this report.