Trump says US nearing nuclear deal with Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States is “very close” to reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran.

“We’re getting very close to a deal,” Trump told reporters. “You probably read today the story about Iran has sort of agreed to the terms. We're not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran."

Trump said his goal is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons while offering the possibility of improved ties. “I want them to succeed. I want them to end up being a great country, frankly. But they can't have a nuclear weapon. That's the only thing. It's very simple. It's not like I have to give you 30 pages worth of details.”

“There’s only one sentence,” he added. “They can’t have a nuclear weapon.”

“There’s two steps. There’s a very, very nice step. And there’s a violent step, the violence like people haven’t seen before. And I hope we’re not going to have to do this. I don’t want to do the second step. Some people do. Many people do. I don’t want to do that step.”

“So we’ll see what happens,” he said. “But we’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace. And if we do that, it’ll be fantastic.”