Trump Says Iran Should Have Made a Nuclear Deal Earlier
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President Trump said Iran should have made a deal over its nuclear ambitions earlier. He said Iran wants to negotiate but suggested the country’s leaders had waited too long.
“Iran’s got a lot of trouble,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
Asked if he had decided whether to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities, Trump said, “I may do it, I may not do it.” And he repeated his insistence of Iran’s unconditional surrender: “The next week is going to be very big, maybe less than a week.”
Hours earlier, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country wouldn’t surrender and warned any U.S. military intervention would bring irreparable consequences...
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