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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he hasn’t yet decided whether to allow American bombers to strike an Iranian underground nuclear facility in support of Israel’s effort to cripple the Islamic Republic’s long-running nuclear weapons program but warned that a decision could happen in the next few days.
The president was speaking to reporters during an impromptu press conference as he toured the installation site for a massive flagpole on the White House’s South Lawn when he was asked whether he was moving closer to a decision on striking the Iranian facilities, which can only be hit by specially-made American bunker busting munitions.
In response, he scoffed at the idea that he’d reveal his plans to the press ahead of time.
“You don't know that I'm going to even do it. You don't know. I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do,” he said. “I can tell you this, that Iran's got a lot of trouble.”
Trump said Iranian leaders now want to open negotiations with him to head off U.S. involvement in Israel’s military campaign, but he said the time for such talks would have been “two weeks ago.”
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