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Trump on U.S. striking Iran: ‘I may do it, I may not do it’

The president said Iran has reached out to resume negotiations: ‘Why didn't you negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done fine. You would have had a country’

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President Donald Trump speaks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2025.

There is a chance the U.S. will join Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday, adding that “nobody knows” yet what he will decide.

“I may do it. I may not do it....

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