Pers Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will make a decision about the US involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran within the next two weeks.
“I have a message directly from the president, and I quote,” based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that can take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision to go or not for the next two weeks, “Leavitt said in a briefing of the White House.
“He has been very clear,” she added. “Iran went 60 days when he gave them the 60-day warning without coming to the table. On day 61, Israel took action against Iran. And as I just told you directly from the president, he will make a decision within two weeks.”
Pers Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will make a decision about the US involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran within the next two weeks. (Getty Images)
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Leavitt said there have been six rounds of direct and indirect negotiations with Iran. She said the conversations continue, but refused to provide details.
Asked if Trump would hit Iran if the negotiations fail, Leavitt repeatedly said that the president would make a decision “or would not go” within the next two weeks.
When it is pressed about the reliability of that timeline, given previous delays about other global issues, Leavitt insisted that the conflicts are different.
“President Trump inherited the global instability of the last government. He is always interested in diplomacy, but not afraid to use strength,” Leavitt said.
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Leavitt said that Iran cannot reach a nuclear bomb because it would pose a threat to the United States and Israel. She said that Iran was removed from achieving such a weapon.
“Iran has never been closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon,” said Leavitt.
“Iran has everything it needs to reach a nuclear weapon. All they need is a decision by the supreme leader to do that,” Leavitt told reporters. “And it would take a few weeks to complete the production of that weapon, which would of course pose an existential threat, not only for Israel, but also for the United States and the whole world.”
Leavitt said there have been six rounds of direct and indirect negotiations with Iran. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty images)
She said that the top priorities of the president ensure that Iran cannot get nuclear weapon and offer peace and stability in the middle.
“Nobody should be surprised by the position of the president that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon. He has been unambiguously about this for decades, not only as president, not only as a presidential candidate, but also as a private individual.”
She also called on the public to trust the president’s instincts in the midst of a few different voices under his basis.
“Trust in President Trump. President Trump has taken incredible instincts and President Trump has kept America and the world safe in his first term that implements a peace through force agenda for foreign policy,” Leavitt said.
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Trump spoke with reporters outside the White House on Wednesday and refused to say whether he had made a decision about the US who joined the Israel’s military campaign.
“I can do it. I can’t do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” he said. Trump also said this week that Iran “must now close a deal – or to face more brutal military action.”
Israel launched an attack on Iran on Friday, focused on the nuclear facilities and played some of the best military generals in the country. Iran responded by touching Tel Aviv and other locations.
Smoke waves of the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in southern Israel after an Iranian rocket attack, on 19 June 2025. (John Wessels/AFP via Getty images)
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An Iranian rocket board hit the Soroka hospital on Thursday morning and injured more than 70 people, said Israel.
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar said the Iranian attack amounts to a war crime, while the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised for the strike.
