{"id":39796,"date":"2025-04-25T16:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/trump-says-hell-be-leading-the-pack-to-war-with-iran-if-deal-prospects-whither-away\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:32:31","slug":"trump-says-hell-be-leading-the-pack-to-war-with-iran-if-deal-prospects-whither-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/trump-says-hell-be-leading-the-pack-to-war-with-iran-if-deal-prospects-whither-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he’ll be ‘leading the pack’ to war with Iran if deal prospects whither away"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> may prefer a diplomatic solution to stop Iran\u2019s creep toward a nuclear weapon, but claimed he\u2019ll be “leading the pack” to war with the regime if talks falter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think we’re going to make a deal with Iran,” he told Time <\/a>Magazine <\/a>in an interview published Friday, while claiming that President Joe Biden had allowed Iran to “become rich.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked whether he was worried Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might drag him into a war with Iran, Trump said no. “By the way, he may go into a war. But we\u2019re not getting dragged in.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You asked if he\u2019d drag me in, like I\u2019d go in unwillingly. No, I may go in very willingly if we can’t get a deal. If we don’t make a deal, I’ll be leading the pack,” the president explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FETTERMAN CALLS FOR BOMBING IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES: ‘WASTE THAT S—‘<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump was asked about reports that he\u2019d stopped Netanyahu<\/a> from striking Iran after an Oval Office meeting earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That’s not right,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t stop them. But I didn’t make it comfortable for them, because I think we can make a deal without the attack. I hope we can. It’s possible we’ll have to attack, because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. But I didn’t make it comfortable for them, but I didn’t say no. Ultimately I was going to leave that choice to them, but I said I would much prefer a deal than bombs being dropped.”<\/p>\n

IRAN RAMPS UP STATE EXECUTIONS AMID NUCLEAR TALKS WITH US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A team of U.S. officials will meet with Iranian counterparts in Oman on Saturday to continue negotiations aimed at stopping Tehran\u2019s nuclear advancement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump has said that his red line is Iran having a nuclear weapon. Enriching uranium well beyond civilian-use levels to 60%, Iran is just shy of the 90% levels needed for a weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said thi\u200b\u200bs week Iran could use a specified amount of low-level enriched uranium for civil nuclear programs, but it would have to be imported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During a phone call on Tuesday, Netanyahu told Trump he “does not rule out” a diplomatic approach to Iran, but only one that would “leave no trace” of Iran\u2019s nuclear program, according to Israeli media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump is set to travel to the Middle East next month, to Saudi Arabia<\/a>, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and expressed optimism that he could broker a normalization deal between Israel and the Saudi Kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think Saudi Arabia will go into the Abraham Accords,” Trump said. “I think it will be full very quickly.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump may prefer a diplomatic solution to stop Iran\u2019s creep toward a nuclear weapon, but claimed he\u2019ll be “leading the pack” to war with the regime if talks falter.\u00a0 “I think we’re going to make a deal with Iran,” he told Time Magazine in an interview published Friday, while claiming that President Joe … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}