President Donald Trump arrived again in Washington simply earlier than 5 a.m. ET after departing early from the Group of Seven summit in Canada to deal with the Israel-Iran battle.
Chatting with reporters throughout the flight from Calgary, Alberta, Trump once more disputed the assertion by French President Emmanuel Macron that he had left the G7 summit to work on a truce between the warring nations.
“We’re taking a look at higher than a ceasefire,” mentioned Trump, who has requested that the Nationwide Safety Council be prepared within the Scenario Room, a U.S. official informed NBC Information.
Requested what could be higher than a ceasefire, Trump mentioned, “An actual finish. Not a ceasefire, an finish.”
He mentioned there was no menace behind his earlier name for Tehran’s 10 million folks to evacuate the Iranian capital, and that “I simply need folks to be secure.”
However Iran “simply can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump mentioned, repeating earlier feedback that it may need averted the Israeli assault if it had agreed on a deal to restrict its nuclear ambitions.
Shortly after touchdown, Trump made comparable feedback in a publish on Reality Social, saying he had not reached out to Iran for peace talks “in any means, form, or kind.”
“In the event that they need to discuss, they know how one can attain me,” he mentioned. “They need to have taken the deal that was on the desk — Would have saved quite a lot of lives!!!”
