finance Feb 27, 2026

Trump says he'd 'love not to' attack Iran, 'but sometimes you have to'

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  • President Donald Trump said, "I'd love not to use" the U.S. military to attack Iran, "but sometimes you have to."
  • "We haven't made a final decision" on whether to attack Iran, the president told reporters at the White House.
  • "We're not thrilled with the way they're negotiating," Trump said about the Islamic republic. "They cannot have nuclear weapons."
U.S. President Donald Trump stops to speak to the media as he departs on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump on Friday said that "I'd love not to use" the U.S. military to attack Iran, "but sometimes you have to."

But Trump also said, "We haven't made a final decision" on whether to attack Iran.

Trump's comment to reporters outside the White House came after he expressed frustration at Iran's refusal to comply with American demands to curb its nuclear program.

"We're not thrilled with the way they're negotiating," Trump said.

"They cannot have nuclear weapons."

Earlier Friday, MS Now reported that Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi planned to meet in Washington, D.C., with Vice President JD Vance and other American officials "in an effort to stave off war with Iran." Al-Busaidi has been mediating negotiations between the U.S. and Iran

Also on Friday, the State Department said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would visit Israel on Monday and Tuesday to discuss Iran and other regional issues.

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