Trump: Israeli Attack On Iran “Could Very Well Happen”

The New York Times reports:

President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that there was a significant risk that Israel could soon attack Iran, but he said that “I don’t want them going in” at a moment when progress was being made toward an agreement to shut down Iran’s easiest pathway to building a nuclear weapon.

Mr. Trump said that an attack would likely destroy the chances for a diplomatic solution. “I think it would blow it,” he said, before adding, “might help it actually, but it could also blow it.”

His statement came just hours after the administration announced that Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, planned to meet the Iranian foreign minister in Oman on Sunday for another negotiating session.

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