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U.S. President Donald Trump answered questions from the press regarding the ongoing tension between Iran and Israel.

Trump said the following in his statement:

"We've been talking to Iran for a while. Iran was months or weeks away from acquiring nuclear weapons. Of course, we couldn't allow that. Everyone knew I was against the Iraq war. I said it many times — don't go into Iraq, but if you do, keep the oil. There's no evidence that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons. We get along very well with China. We'll see what happens. We don't think they'll get involved in this situation. I can't tell you now if we will decide to go to war. Maybe in a year, maybe in five, maybe ten years — we can talk about it then. You never know what decisions will be made. There could be a ceasefire during negotiations — of course, we’ll see. Looking at what’s happening now, it’s very hard to stop. From a war perspective, Israel is doing very well, and Iran less so. In such a situation, it’s not so easy to stop people. Iran has one of the world’s largest oil reserves — I don’t understand why they need nuclear energy."