In the same July 28 meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer where he suggested that the “most sensible” approach to the Gaza crisis is “talk and negotiations,” but that it might not be possible to resolve it “unless you are very ruthless,” U.S. President Donald Trump lit into Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei for insisting his country would continue its nuclear program for peaceful purposes.
“I think Iran has been very nasty with their words,” Trump said. “They got the hell knocked out of them, and I don’t think they know it. Iran was beaten up very badly, for good reason. We cannot have them have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. He noted that Iran continues to insist it will enrich uranium on its soil under any deal. “Who would say that? How stupid can you be to say that? So we’re not going to allow that to happen,” Trump added.
