Trump to determine on U.S. motion in Israel-Iran battle inside two weeks, White Home says

White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens to a reporter communicate throughout a press convention within the James Brady Press Briefing Room on the White Home, on June 19, 2025, in Washington.
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The White Home stated on Thursday (June 19, 2025) that President Donald Trump will decide on whether or not the U.S. will get entangled within the Israel-Iran battle within the subsequent two weeks.

Citing a message from Mr. Trump, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt advised reporters, “Primarily based on the truth that there’s a considerable likelihood of negotiations which will or might not happen with Iran within the close to future, I’ll make my choice whether or not or to not go throughout the subsequent two weeks.”

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Ms. Leavitt advised an everyday briefing that Mr. Trump was concerned with pursuing a diplomatic resolution with Iran, however his high precedence was making certain that Iran couldn’t get hold of a nuclear weapon.

She stated any deal must prohibit enrichment of uranium by Tehran and remove Iran’s skill to attain a nuclear weapon.

“The president is all the time concerned with a diplomatic resolution …he’s a peacemaker in chief. He’s the peace by power president. And so, if there’s an opportunity for diplomacy, the President’s all the time going to seize it,” Ms. Leavitt stated. “However he’s not afraid to make use of power as properly I’ll add.”

Ms. Leavitt declined to say if Mr. Trump would search congressional authorisation for any strikes on Iran. She stated Washington remained satisfied that Iran had by no means been nearer to acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday (June 19, 2025) and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital in a single day, as a week-old air struggle escalated and neither facet confirmed any signal of an exit technique.

Ms. Leavitt stated Mr. Trump had been briefed on the Israeli operation on Thursday (June 19, 2025) and Iran would face grave penalties if it didn’t conform to halt its work on a nuclear weapon.

Iran has been weighing wider choices in responding to the most important safety problem since its 1979 revolution.

Mr. Trump has stored the world guessing on attainable U.S. involvement within the struggle, veering from proposing a swift diplomatic resolution to suggesting the U.S. would possibly be part of the preventing. On Wednesday, he stated no person knew what he would do. A day earlier he mused on social media about killing Khamenei, then demanded Iran’s unconditional give up.

Three diplomats advised Reuters that Mr. Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi have spoken by telephone a number of instances since Israel started its strikes final week.