Trump: ‘I’ll solve the Iran problem. If we have to do something very harsh, we’ll do it’

US President Donald Trump declares, “We’ve got a problem with Iran. I’ll solve that problem.”

“It’s almost an easy one,” he tells reporters in the Oval Office.

“Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Trump says.

“I want them to be a rich, great nation. The only thing is, one thing, simple, it’s really simple: They can’t have a nuclear weapon. And they’ve gotta go fast. Because they’re fairly close to having one. And they’re not going to have one.”

“And if we have to do something very harsh, we’ll do it,” he adds. “And I’m not doing it for us. I’m doing it for the world. These are radicalized people, and they cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

He is asked, regarding his reference to something harsh, “Does that include a potential strike on Iranian nuclear facilities?” And he answers: “Of course it does.”

Trump also says of Iran: “I think they’re tapping us along because they were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country.”

It appears Trump means that Tehran is stringing the US along.

.@POTUS: "Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon… I think they're tapping us along because they were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country." pic.twitter.com/tfMQXo1GGu

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 14, 2025