Trump says US may need to hit Iran again
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US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters during a tour of his ballroom construction site at the White House on May 19.
PHOTO: DOUG MILLS/NYTIMES
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on May 19 that the United States may need to hit Iran again and he was only an hour away from deciding on a strike before he postponed the attack.
“I was an hour away from making the decision to go today,” Mr Trump told reporters at the White House.
Mr Trump said Iran’s leaders are begging to make a deal, but a new US attack would happen in the coming days if a deal is not reached.
“Well, I mean, I’m saying two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something, maybe early next week, a limited period of time, because we can’t let them have a new nuclear weapon.” REUTERS
