White House says Trump departing G7 to address Mideast crisis
"Because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.
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"AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!" US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Some of Trump's supporters have criticized Trump's hawkish stance on Iran as a deviation from his populist and anti-war campaign promises.
"Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, 'IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!'" Trump added, referring to a right-wing critic of conflict with Iran.
US President Donald Trump on Monday called for an exodus from Tehran in a major escalation to the Iran-Israel conflict which was entering its fifth day.
"Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" he added.
"AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"
Trump was set to depart a G7 summit in Canada to address the crisis, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.
"Because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier on the day that while Israel does not aim to harm civilians, residents of Tehran must evacuate areas near government and military sites that could be targeted.
An illustrated depiction of the Tehran evacuation zone published by the Israeli military encompassed an area around 30 square kilometers, an area home to several hundred thousand people.
Physicist and weapons expert David Albright said on Monday that Israeli attacks had stopped Iran's nuclear program "cold" in the short term and delayed its ability to potentially build a nuclear weapon.
"The strikes have lengthened the timeline to build the bomb," Albright, the founder of the non-governmental Institute for Science and International Security told the PBS Newshour.
"In the short term, they've really stopped the program cold and started to break up or destroy key parts of it, the parts that you need in order to build the bomb itself," he added. "On the weaponization side, they're lengthening the time frame to build the bomb and undoing the progress Iran has been making,"
Albright called the lack of apparent damage to the underground Fordow site "perplexing."
"On the weapons-grade uranium side, they really haven't finished the job at all. They have not destroyed Fordow or even made it inoperative."
"Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"
