Trump to
make a decision on Iran within two weeks
“Iran has
all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon,” said White House Press
Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “All they need is a decision from the supreme
leader to do that.”
By Irie
Sentner
06/19/2025
02:17 PM EDT
President
Donald Trump has set a two-week deadline to decide if the United States will
strike Iran.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/19/trump-to-make-a-decision-on-iran-within-two-weeks-00414441
“Based on
the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not
take place in the near future, I will make my decision of whether or not to go
within the next two weeks,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said
Thursday, reading a statement from the president to reporters.
Leavitt said
Trump would prefer a diplomatic solution, but the president — in consultation
with the National Security Council — is weighing U.S. military intervention to
keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to a recent POLITICO
report. The U.S. is the only country with the military capacity to destroy
Iran’s nuclear program.
“Iran has
all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon,” Leavitt said. “All they need is
a decision from the supreme leader to do that, and it would take a couple of
weeks to complete the production of that weapon, which would of course pose an
existential threat not just to Israel, but to the United States and to the
entire world.”
The comments
came at the end of a week of heightened tension in the decades-long conflict
between Israel and Iran. As Iran and Israel lobbed rockets at each other, Trump
left the Group of Seven conference early and has convened multiple meetings in
the Situation Room.
The conflict
has divided Trump’s coalition, driving a rift between an isolationist faction
and hawks who have long sought to hobble Iran. Leavitt said Trump has long
maintained his position that the U.S. should interfere to keep Iran from
obtaining a nuclear weapon and quoted his comments on the subject from more
than a decade ago.
“The
president has made it clear he always wants to pursue diplomacy, but believe
me, the president is unafraid to use strength as necessary,” Leavitt said. “And
Iran and the entire world should know that the United States military is the
strongest and most lethal fighting force in the world, and we have capabilities
that no other country on this planet possesses.”
Leavitt
declined to answer whether the president wanted regime change in Iran, which
has been a goal of hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham and a red line for MAGA
isolationists.
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