Trump: warns of more severe repercussions after claiming that Iran may be utilizing other locations to reconstitute its missile program
Trump: Although he said the information is not yet verified, US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday of “very powerful” repercussions, citing signs that Tehran might be attempting to reestablish its ballistic missile program at locations other than those hit by US strikes earlier this year.
He reiterated that Iran “may be behaving badly,” without providing specifics, even though he said he does not think the nation has increased its nuclear capability.
“I don’t want to say it, but Iran may have been behaving badly,” Trump remarked to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort while standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Although it hasn’t been verified yet, they are aware of the repercussions if it is. The repercussions will be strong, maybe stronger than they were before. I had offered Iran an alternative, and they ought to have struck a deal the previous time.
According to Trump, he has been reading information that indicate Iran may be rebuilding its weapons infrastructure, but not at the sites where US troops have already attacked. “I hope Iran is not trying to build up, as I’ve been reading, that they’re building up weapons and other things,” he said. “If they are, they’re not using the sites that we obliterated, but they’re using possibly different sites.”
“If they are, we will be forced to remove that accumulation as soon as possible. I hope they’re not doing it, because we know precisely where they’re going and what they’re doing.” He said, “This is just what we hear, usually, where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
Trump has often referred to the US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites earlier this year as a huge achievement that “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. Netanyahu, meanwhile, is anticipated to demand harsher measures during negotiations with Trump after recently warning that Iran is once again increasing its ballistic missile programs.
Trump was questioned about his support for toppling the Iranian government before to the meeting. Instead of responding directly, he highlighted Iran’s domestic problems. “I am not going to talk about the overthrow of a regime,” Trump said. “There are a lot of issues there. They are experiencing extreme inflation. The people there are unhappy, and their economy is in poor shape.
He went on to say, “They start killing people anytime there is a disturbance or when someone joins a gathering, no matter how tiny. They murder people. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction, and I have witnessed this for years.
The comments were made at a meeting between Trump and Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago to talk about the second stage of the peace plan for Gaza and more general issues related to regional security.