Trump is posting from motorcade this foggy Tuesday morning after our hurried departure from Canada. "I have not reached out to Iran for “Peace Talks” in any way, shape, or form.," he says from Beast on trip from airport to White House.
BREAKING: Trump wants "a real end" to the nuclear problem with Iran and this morning will find him in the White House Situation Room, monitoring developments in Middle East, he told us during his midnight departure from Canada.
"I didn't say I was looking for a ceasefire," he said on AF1. He said he wants "a real end," with Iran "giving up entirely" on nukes.
The Israelis aren't slowing up their barrage on Iran, he predicted. "You're going to find out over the next two days. You're going to find out. Nobody's slowed up so far."
Asked his thinking on calling for Tehran to evacuate, he told me he wants "people to be safe."
He needs to be present at the White House, not Canada, where he can be "well versed" and not have to rely on phones to know what's happening, he said.
Trump sounded undecided about sending Witkoff and/or VP Vance to meet with Iran. "I may," he said. But "it depends what happens when I get back," he said.
On any threat to US interests, he said Iran knows not to touch our troops. US would "come down so hard if they do anything to our people," he said.
Trump declined to say if the chairman of joint chiefs and SecDef have provided him with planning options should Iran attack U.S. bases in Middle East. "I can't tell you that," he told me.
Trump told me "we'll be talking to them" when asked if the Gang of Eight was briefed on anything yet. But "it's not necessary," he said.
Asked if US involvement would destroy Iran nuclear program, hope their program "is wiped out long before that."
"I didn't say I was looking for a ceasefire," he said on AF1. He said he wants "a real end," with Iran "giving up entirely" on nukes.
The Israelis aren't slowing up their barrage on Iran, he predicted. "You're going to find out over the next two days. You're going to find out. Nobody's slowed up so far."
Asked his thinking on calling for Tehran to evacuate, he told me he wants "people to be safe."
He needs to be present at the White House, not Canada, where he can be "well versed" and not have to rely on phones to know what's happening, he said.
Trump sounded undecided about sending Witkoff and/or VP Vance to meet with Iran. "I may," he said. But "it depends what happens when I get back," he said.
On any threat to US interests, he said Iran knows not to touch our troops. US would "come down so hard if they do anything to our people," he said.
Trump declined to say if the chairman of joint chiefs and SecDef have provided him with planning options should Iran attack U.S. bases in Middle East. "I can't tell you that," he told me.
Trump told me "we'll be talking to them" when asked if the Gang of Eight was briefed on anything yet. But "it's not necessary," he said.
Asked if US involvement would destroy Iran nuclear program, hope their program "is wiped out long before that."
SecDef Pete Hegseth was at White House today. He appeared to be giving a tour of West Wing to his family, per @psmolinski
News: One of the senior staffers on SecDef's team at the Pentagon, Justin Fulcher, is no longer in his job, sources told @edokeefe @ellee_watson and me. Fulcher started at the Defense Department as a member of Elon Musk's DOGE team and was later promoted to a job as a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Scoop: Tech co leaders at the White House tomorrow--they are working with the Trump admin to make it easier for older Americans and people with disabilities to access their health care data via Medicare program, sources told @olivialarinaldi and me. Companies working on initiative include Oracle and Microsoft.
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