President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran are ongoing and that he could have an agreement or “at least an idea by one or two days from now.”
“I think it’s going well,” Trump said, claiming that for now, the blockade of Iranian ports continues to hold “100%.”
“We have a good chance of doing it,” the president said of a potential deal. “We should be able to do it in one hour if you want to know the truth. I don’t think there are any sticking points. I think we’re very…close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal.”
Trump also said that further military action is possible, but suggested that a deal is preferable.
President Donald Trump reacts as he boards Air Force One, after attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, on June 8, 2026.
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“If we go and bomb, which we can do very easily, if we want, and we spend another two or three weeks bombing, they’ll have nothing left whatsoever, but you won’t have the Strait open for months. If we do the bombing, you know a lot of people are going to be killed. Who wants to do that? I know, and we’ll get, we’ll have a signed document that’s actually stronger than doing the bombing,” Trump said.
Trump also said he “can’t blame” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for retaliating against Iran after the recent resumption of direct strikes between the warring parties.
Iran launched missiles toward Israel on Sunday in what it said was retaliation for Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut, where the Israel Defense Forces said it was targeting the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia.
Trump said he had “a very good conversation” with Netanyahu. “He was hit, and he hit back.”
“Now they’ve called it quits, so they’re gonna just leave each other alone for another week or something,” Trump added. “We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal that will not allow in any way, shape, or form nuclear weapons, etc,” Trump said.
Trump said he told Netanyahu to stop striking because he wants to get a peace deal. “I said, ‘Do what’s right, but I want you to stop as quickly as you can,’ because they have to stop. It’s had to do with Lebanon, and it has to stop. We want to get it finished.”
-ABC News’ Isabella Murray
