President Donald Trump has expressed hopes to avoid direct military conflict with Iran and to see the nation prosper—but under the condition that it does not pursue a nuclear weapon.
“I want Iran to be a great and successful Country, but one that cannot have a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account on Feb. 5.
On Feb. 4, Trump reinstated the “maximum pressure” strategy of his first administration, which saw the United States withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and impose new economic sanctions against the country.
Trump announced the revived Iran sanctions strategy on the same day he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Feb. 4. Netanyahu is the first foreign head of state to visit with Trump since the start of his new administration….