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US President Donald Trump will announce within two weeks whether the Unites States will join the Israel-Iran war. The White House says diplomacy is still possible, but military options remain open. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that national security and nuclear threats are key factors in Trump’s final decision.

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00:00Regarding the ongoing situation in Iran, I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in the media regarding the President's decision-making and whether or not the United States will be directly involved.
00:11In light of that news, I have a message directly from the President, and I quote,
00:15Based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.
00:27That's a quote directly from the President for all of you today.
00:31Trust in President Trump.
00:33President Trump has incredible instincts, and President Trump kept America and the world safe in his first term as President in implementing a peace-through-strength foreign policy agenda.
00:45And with respect to Iran, nobody should be surprised by the President's position that Iran absolutely cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.
00:53He's been unequivocally clear about this for decades, not just as President, not just as a presidential candidate, but also as a private citizen.
01:00In fact, I have some quotes for you.
01:02In 2011, President Trump said,
01:04America's primary goal with Iran must be to destroy its nuclear ambitions.
01:08We cannot allow this radical regime to acquire a nuclear weapon that they will either use or hand off to terrorists.
01:14In 2015, the President said the problem is that Iran poses an existential threat to Israel, our Middle Eastern allies, and the United States.
01:22And of course, the President has repeated that in his first term as President and his second term as President as well.
01:27That's why he was adamantly opposed to the disastrous Iranian nuclear agreement that was implemented by President Obama.
01:34And it's why he has given great latitude and given a lot of effort to achieving a diplomatic solution.
01:41But he's been very clear.
01:43Iran went for 60 days when he gave them that 60-day warning without coming to the table.
01:49On day 61, Israel took action against Iran.
01:52And as I just told you from the President directly, he will make a decision within two weeks.
01:58In those deadlines, as you've seen in respect to Russia-Ukraine, might I add, these are two very different complicated global conflicts, as you know,
02:06that the President inherited from our previous incompetent President in the weakness of the previous administration.
02:12And the President has spent a tremendous amount of time and effort cleaning up these crises that were caused by the last administration's
02:19just complete dereliction of duty on the world stage and American weakness.
02:22Now we have American strength again.
02:24With respect to Russia and Ukraine, because of that American strength and the President's leadership,
02:29we have seen these two sides engage in direct negotiations.
02:32And the last time the President said two weeks, you saw Russia and Ukraine have direct negotiations for the first time in years.
02:39And so the President is always interested in a diplomatic solution to the problems and the global conflicts in this world.
02:45Again, he is a peacemaker-in-chief.
02:47He is the peace-through-strength President.
02:49And so if there's a chance for diplomacy, the President's always going to grab it.
02:52But he's not afraid to use strength as well, I will add.
02:55Regarding the ongoing situation in Iran, I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in the media
03:00regarding the President's decision-making and whether or not the United States will be directly involved.
03:06In light of that news, I have a message directly from the President, and I quote,
03:10Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future,
03:18I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.
03:23That's a quote directly from the President for all of you today.
03:26That's a quote directly from the President for all of you today.
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