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(NewsNation) — As the conflict betwixt Israel and Iran enters its 2nd week, President Donald Trump is gathering with his nationalist information squad arsenic helium weighs U.S. involvement.
He has been gathering with his squad regularly since his aboriginal instrumentality from the G7 acme amid the subject conflict. The president said 2 weeks would beryllium the maximum magnitude of clip Iran would person to travel to the table.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said it could beryllium "a substance of weeks" erstwhile it comes to Iran having a atomic weapon.
Sources told NewsNation that there is conflicting information among quality agencies astir however rapidly Iran could make a atomic weapon.
The CIA has said Iran could person a atomic limb arsenic soon arsenic weeks oregon adjacent days, portion different quality agencies person said the state is inactive months to a twelvemonth distant from being capable to physique a atomic weapon.
Trump told reporters his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is "wrong" erstwhile it comes to Iran.
On Thursday, Trump indicated that helium would person a determination connected whether to onslaught Iran wrong the adjacent 2 weeks, according to White House property caput Karoline Leavitt.
The president has suggested that helium is inactive unfastened to diplomacy, portion besides calling for "unconditional surrender" from Iran and reiterating that Iran tin not beryllium allowed to make a atomic weapon.
“Always a peacemaker. Sometimes you request immoderate toughness to marque peace,” Trump said.
When asked what relation mightiness play, Trump appeared to quality Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that Israel is susceptible of taking retired Iran's atomic facilities.
"They truly person a precise constricted capacity. They could interruption done a small sector. but they can't spell down precise deep. They don't person that capacity," helium said. "We'll person to spot what happens. Maybe it won't beryllium necessary. Maybe it won't beryllium necessary."
European diplomats are gathering with Iran's overseas curate successful Switzerland to effort to de-escalate the situation, with representatives from Germany, France, Britain and the European Union.
Iran has indicated determination is nary country for nonstop talks with the U.S. arsenic agelong arsenic Israel continues to behaviour strikes against the country.
