Trump arrived back in Washington just before 5 a.m. ET after departing early from the Group of Seven summit in Canada to focus on the Israel-Iran conflict.
Speaking to reporters during the flight from Calgary, Alberta, Trump again disputed the assertion by French President Emmanuel Macron that he had left the G7 summit to work on a truce between the warring nations.
“We’re looking at better than a ceasefire,” said Trump, who has asked that the National Security Council be ready in the Situation Room, a U.S. official told NBC News.
Asked what would be better than a ceasefire, Trump said, “A real end. Not a ceasefire, an end.”
He said there was no threat behind his earlier call for Tehran’s 10 million people to evacuate the Iranian capital, and that “I just want people to be safe.”
But Iran “just can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said, repeating earlier comments that it might have avoided the Israeli attack if it had agreed on a deal to limit its nuclear ambitions.
Shortly after landing, Trump made similar comments in a post on Truth Social, saying he had not reached out to Iran for peace talks “in any way, shape, or form.”
“If they want to talk, they know how to reach me,” he said. “They should have taken the deal that was on the table — Would have saved a lot of lives!!!”
