Iran, Donald Trump and Israel
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President Donald Trump arrived in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday morning after abruptly leaving the G7 summit in Canada to address the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.
President Trump returned to Washington on Tuesday to deal with the war between Iran and Israel, as the two sides exchanged deadly fire for a fifth day and Israeli officials pressed the United States to join its military campaign against Tehran.
U.S. President Donald Trump said his early departure from the G7 summit was owed to "much bigger" things than planning a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Tehran. G7 leaders affirmed unified support for Israel and condemned Iran for being the "principal source of regional instability and terror.
President Donald Trump is under fierce pressure from inside Israel and his own MAGA base as he ponders the most fateful national security decision of either of his presidencies — whether to attempt a killer blow against Iran’s nuclear program.
President Trump signed onto a G-7 statement on Iran calling for peace and stability in the Middle East, after resisting attempts Monday by the Canadian and European officials at the
President Donald Trump vetoed a plan presented to the U.S. in recent days to kill Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.