President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran is still seeking negotiations with the United States amid mounting economic strain and internal instability, declaring, “They want to make a deal.”
Speaking at the Oval Office, Trump also said that Tehran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
“They're not doing well economically, financially, and they're not doing any business because of the blockade. They want to make a deal,” he said at a Drug Pricing Regeneron Event.
“We have been speaking to them, but they don't even know who's leading the country.
“They're in turmoil. So we thought we'd give them a little chance to get some of their turmoil resolved,” before adding that he “took a little break” and “gave them a break.”
Addressing the nuclear topic, which remains a key sticking point between the two nations, Trump reiterated that Iran “cannot have the nuclear bomb,” before adding, “they're not going to have the nuclear bomb.”
“So we've taken out their military. We've hit about 75% of our targets,” he said.
Trump also went on to say that the military campaign stopped early “because they wanted to have some peace.”
Returning to the issues within the Iranian regime’s leadership team, Trump said that we don’t know who the leader is in Iran because “Khamenei is gone. He's gone to greener pastures. He's gone, and all of his team is gone,” he said.
“Then a second group came in. They're all gone. And now you have the third group. And they were a little concerned about being gone too,” Trump added.
Posted by Emma Bussey
