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President Trump rules out using nuclear weapons against Iran

Trump said nuclear weapons are off the table as the six-month conflict continues and the Pentagon has considered other military options.

  • On Monday, President Donald Trump ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran during an Oval Office event, dismissing the reporter's question as "stupid" while asserting Iran is "totally defeated militarily."
  • This exchange occurred amid a six-month conflict, with the United States striking Iranian launchers on Larak Island over the weekend for the first time since July 30, prompting retaliatory missile fire toward Jordan.
  • Preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon remains the central objective, Trump emphasized, warning that Tehran would have destroyed Israel and threatened the Middle East without U.S. intervention.
  • Despite the president's dismissal, former Trump administration official Joe Kent alleged that strategy meetings included discussions of nuclear options, characterizing them as "a terrible option" and "pure evil."
  • Trump maintains he launched "Operation Epic Fury" to counter threats, signaling that while nuclear options remain off the table, the United States will continue conventional military responses against the Islamic Republic.
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U.S. President Donald Trump excludes the use of a nuclear weapon against Iran, calling it "stupid," a journalist's question on this subject. Statements come as Washington takes into account new limited strikes on Iranian targets near the Ormuz Straits, on the backdrop of several reported incidents in the area and blocking negotiations between the two countries, according to The Times of Israel.

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US President Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran as a way to deal a decisive blow to the Islamic Republic in a war that has dragged on for six months. He criticized a reporter who asked him a question about nuclear weapons and Iran during an Oval Office event on Monday, according to USA Today.

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Trump contradicts himself first, then he becomes clear. Subsequently, the US president distributes against a journalist.

·Essen, Germany
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Donald Trump has worked with a journalist. A question about Iran caused a heated exchange of words in the Oval Office.

·Syke, Germany
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