President Donald Trump warned Iran would face "ultimate consequences" if the regime obtains a nuclear weapon, saying during a G7 news conference that Tehran “will not” be allowed to develop, purchase or otherwise acquire one.
“And if they do, they suffer unbelievable consequences,” Trump said during a bilateral meeting with Qatar early Tuesday morning. “Not just a little bit — I won’t even tell you the consequences, but the consequences are the ultimate consequences.”
Trump said the issue was central to his memorandum of understanding on Iran, stressing that the agreement language had to go beyond barring Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.
“They will not develop, purchase, buy or any other thing,” Trump said. “They’re not going to acquire a nuclear weapon. If they do, all hell will rain down on them.”
The president added that he hopes the U.S. can have “a very good relationship” with Iran, but said preventing the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains the priority.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. is not looking to keep Iran’s enriched uranium, but to destroy it.
“We’re not looking to take it,” Trump said during a bilateral meeting at the G7 in France . “We’re looking to destroy it. We have plenty of it.”
Trump said the uranium is being monitored and suggested there is no immediate rush to remove it.
“We have cameras from space on it,” Trump said. “We know everybody that goes there, which is like nobody.”
Trump said B-2 bombers struck the site and claimed “the entire mountain collapsed inside it,” making excavation difficult.
"It's a very tough excavation," Trump said. "Nobody else can do it but us and probably China. They have the equipment. We have the equipment.
"We're in no rush, but we get it, and when we get it, we'll destroy it."
Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump’s Iran peace plan could have “transformative impacts” on the Middle East for generations.
Vance said Gulf Arab countries opposed the Obama-era JCPOA because they believed it empowered Iran, but he said they view Trump’s plan differently.
“Do you know what they think about the President Trump peace plan? They love it because they think that it’s turning over a new leaf to a new Middle East,” Vance said in an interview Tuesday on "Fox & Friends."
“What we’ve done here is actually unite the Gulf together,” he added.
{{#rendered}}Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump is offering Iran a path toward a better relationship with the United States, but only if Tehran changes its behavior.
“What the president is trying to do is actually extend the hand of peace,” Vance told Tuesday's “Fox & Friends.”
Vance said Iran’s leaders must “step up and change their behavior” if the Iranian people want “greater prosperity.”
“If they do, great,” Vance said. “If they don’t, the United States has already gotten a lot from what we need.”
Vice President JD Vance told Fox News Digital in an exclusive sit-down interview that Iran is entering a 60-day test period under President Donald Trump’s agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, arguing Tehran must show through its actions that it has abandoned nuclear weapons development and support for terrorism.
“The thing I’ve learned from the President of the United States is whether friend or foe, you shouldn’t trust anybody, you should trust people’s actions,” Vance said.
Vance said Iran has “two pathways”: behave like a “normal country” and receive benefits such as sanctions relief and renewed international ties, or attempt to rebuild its nuclear program and continue backing terrorism, forfeiting any benefits under the deal.
He said the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz strengthens the U.S. hand by allowing oil and gas to flow again and helping bring energy prices down for Americans.
“It fundamentally allows us to see are they serious or not,” Vance said.
These quotes came in Ashley DiMella's Fox News Digital exclusive sit-down with the vice president.
Vice President JD Vance vowed “not a single cent of American money” will go to Iran under President Donald Trump’s proposed peace deal , pushing back on reported dollar figures and calling them “Iranian propaganda.”
“Not $300 billion, not $24 billion, not any of the money, the dollar figures that I’ve seen floating around,” Vance told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
The deal centers on a “firm commitment backed up by verifiable action” that Iran will not develop or buy a nuclear weapon, Vance stressed.
“We’re not giving them a red cent of American money,” Vance said, contrasting the deal with the Obama-era JCPOA.
Vance said Gulf Arab countries could invest in Iran only if Tehran “perform[s] their end of the obligation,” adding that any benefits depend on Iran “behaving properly.”
{{#rendered}}President Donald Trump said his Iran memorandum of understanding is “a wall against a nuclear weapon,” contrasting it with the Obama-era JCPOA being a "road map" for Iran's nuclear enrichment.
“Mine is a wall against a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “He paid a fortune for it. We pay nothing.”
Trump said he plans to release the memorandum of understanding (MOU) and may hold a press conference to read the document aloud, saying he wants the press to cover it accurately.
“I will actually not only release it, I’ll probably have a press conference and read it to you word by word,” Trump said, rebuking the "fake news."
President Donald Trump has rebuked "fake news" reports of a payoff for Iran to give up its nuclear weapons aspirations, but now he vows to read his lips: "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon."
Trump said Tuesday he wants to release the Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) officially and may hold a press conference to read it aloud to ensure what he called accurate coverage.
“I will actually not only release it, I’ll probably have a press conference and read it to you word by word, so that the press covers it accurately,” Trump at the G7 during a bilateral meeting.
Trump called the MOU “a very important document” and contrasted it with the Obama-era JCPOA.
“Mine is a wall against a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “He paid a fortune for it. We pay nothing.”
President Donald Trump said ships are beginning to move again and predicted the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping would be “fully opened by Friday.”
“The ships are starting to move now,” Trump said at a bilateral meeting Tuesday at the G7. “We’re going to have it fully opened by Friday. The ships are starting to move nicely.”
Trump also said oil is beginning to move and prices are “coming down rapidly,” while pointing to gains in the stock market.
“Most importantly, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “That was how I got involved in this. We can’t let that happen.”
{{#rendered}}U.S. Central Command said the USS Delbert D. Black completed a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the USNS John Lewis while transiting the Arabian Sea on June 15.
The operation allows sailors to receive supplies, mail and other needed items without the ship having to pull into port, according to CENTCOM.
The update comes as U.S. naval assets continue operating in the region amid heightened Middle East tensions before a potential memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony Friday.
President Donald Trump said he had a “good meeting” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urging Russia to move toward a deal to end the war.
"Ukraine is losing a lot of people," Trump lamented at the bilateral meeting with Qatar at the G7 on Tuesday morning in France.
"So, yeah, I'm going to do whatever I can."
Trump added, “Russia should make a deal.”
“Russia’s lost tremendous amounts of people, and so has Ukraine,” he continued.
“I don’t like to see 25,000 young people die every month,” Trump said. “The whole thing is ridiculous.”
Trump said he recently spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and, after making peace in the Middle East, the U.S. would now turn more focus toward the war in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. has discussed Iran’s killing of its own people, calling the killing of the regime protesters “a terrible thing.”
“We talked to them about it,” Trump said at a bilateral meeting with Qatar.
"The majority of that took place during the first and second regimes, much more so than them. It was much more severe, but it's a terrible thing."
Trump said the U.S. is dealing with Iranian officials he described as “very rational people,” adding that they were “strong” and “smart” during negotiations.
"The first group, they're all dead; the second group, they're dead," Trump said. "A part of the third group is gone. And we're dealing with people that I think are very rational people, and they were nice to deal with. They were strong people, smart people.
"I think actually they're smarter than the first and second group, but they're not radicalized and they're, you know, looking to help their country."
Trump said he was not focused on regime change, arguing that past efforts have failed.
“I never cared about regime change,” Trump said. “I’ve watched regime changes for years. They never work.”
{{#rendered}}President Donald Trump said he is not frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but criticized Israel’s handling of Lebanon and Hezbollah.
“I’ve had a great relationship with Bibi, but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon,” Trump during a bilateral meeting with Qatar.
Trump said he was “not happy” with the way Israel has handled the situation, saying the conflict “goes on forever” and creates complications for broader regional diplomacy.
“When you ask me about Bibi, an unbelievable relationship,” Trump said, while adding that Israel “would have been blown up a long time ago had I not gotten involved.”
Israel's campaign to root out Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon pales in comparison to the threat of a nuclear Iran.
"I consider that the minor war – Iran the big one – but we have that a little pinprick out there that constantly rears its head, and that's Hezbollah," Trump said.
"And I'll tell you what, Israel's fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed.
"And you don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah that I can tell you."
President Donald Trump praised Qatar for its handling of recent tensions in the region, saying the country was “really on the line” amid the closure of the Hormuz Strait and the Iran war.
“We’re very, very impressed with Qatar and the way they’ve handled things,” Trump said. “They were in the front line.”
Trump also said Qatar is expected to make major investments in the United States.
“Qatar is going to be investing much more than $1 trillion in the United States,” Trump said. “Qatar has been a great investor.”
Trump said the U.S. has “the hottest country in the world right now” and credited Qatar with helping strengthen investment ties.
President Donald Trump said Iran would have posed a greater threat had the U.S. not withdrawn from the Obama-era nuclear deal, arguing the agreement put Tehran on a path toward obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s a big thing,” Trump said at a bilateral meeting with Qatar. “If they had a nuclear weapon, they would have blown up Israel. They would have blown up the Middle East, and they probably would have taken a shot at us.”
Trump said canceling the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) prevented Iran from doing “tremendous damage.”
“You would have had them having a nuclear weapon five years ago,” Trump said. “That expired. That was a road to a nuclear weapon.”
{{#rendered}}President Donald Trump said the U.S. is “not investing any money” in an Iran deal, despite what he has rebuked as "fake news" reports of a payoff in the yet-to-be released memorandum of understanding (MOU).
“We can talk about the Iran deal all day long, and we’re not investing any money,” Trump said at a bilateral G7 meeting with Qatar. “We have the right to if we want, but we’re not investing any money.”
Trump said he is not going to repeat former President Barack Obama’s mistakes in his handling of Iran's nuclear weapons aspirations.
"We didn't pay for it like Obama did: He paid billions of dollars," Trump added. "He paid $1.7 billion from an airplane, all green cash. He was crazy, I watched that, I couldn't believe it.
"But the one thing that's happening that's of note, frankly, the only thing that really matters to me is Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and it says it loud and clear. They're not going to develop it. They're not going to buy it. They're not going to do anything with it."
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