The president said people could learn in the next 10 days whether the U.S. will “take it a step further” to push Iran to make a deal on its weapons.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Mark Schiefelbein/AP
President Donald Trump opened the first meeting of his new “Board of Peace” on Thursday with a warning to Iran, saying Tehran would face consequences for failing to make a deal on its nuclear weapons.
“It’s proven to be, over the years, not easy to make a meaningful deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal. Otherwise bad things happen,” Trump said.
Trump said the U.S. could decide within the next 10 days whether diplomacy continues or a strike moves forward.
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