Trump Says He Wants to Avoid Conflict With Iran ‘But It Cannot Have a Nuclear Weapon’

Trump responded to talk of a joint U.S.–Israeli strike on Iran, following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Feb. 4.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 4, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has expressed hopes to avoid direct military conflict with Iran and to see the nation prosper—but under the condition that it does not pursue a nuclear weapon.

“I want Iran to be a great and successful Country, but one that cannot have a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account on Feb. 5.