WASHINGTON – An Israeli strike on Iran’s aboveground nuclear sites “could very well happen” soon, President Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday.
The president spoke after reports circulated late Wednesday that the Jewish state was getting ready to conduct operations to prevent Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon.
“I don’t want to say imminent,” Trump said of the possibility of an Israeli attack, “but it looks like it’s something that could very well happen.
“Look, it’s very simple, not complicated,” the president said. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Other than that, I want them to be successful. I want them to be tremendous. We’ll help them be successful.bWe’ll trade with them. We’ll do whatever is necessary.”
Trump insisted that he would still prefer a diplomatic deal, which his special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has been trying to negotiate.
“I’d much prefer an agreement, as long as I think there is an agreement, I don’t want [Israel] going in, because I think it would blow it,” he said. “Might help it actually, but it also could blow it.”