Trump's 14-year history opposing Iranian nukes counters media spin he'd allow them

Despite erstwhile media reporting that the Trump medication is unfastened to allowing Iran to proceed its uranium enrichment program, perchance allowing the improvement of Iranian atomic weapons, President Donald Trump has taken a beardown stance connected the issue, repeatedly saying helium would not let the state to make immoderate atomic weapons.

Axios reported earlier this period that arsenic portion of a woody to easiness U.S. sanctions offered to Iran by White House envoy Steve Witkoff, "would let constricted low-level uranium enrichment connected Iranian ungraded for a to-be-determined play of time." This was thing the outlet said risked backlash from Trump allies connected Capitol Hill and successful Israel.

Shortly aft the Axios story, Trump posted connected Truth Social that "under our imaginable Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!"

The AP reported that Trump’s connection "appeared to undercut a connection that was offered" by his medication and that Witkoff and the president "have repeatedly offered inconsistent nationalist messages astir whether Iran would beryllium allowed to clasp the capableness to enrich uranium to little levels for civilian purposes."

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Despite erstwhile media reporting that the Trump medication is unfastened to allowing Iran to proceed its uranium enrichment program, perchance allowing the improvement of Iranian atomic weapons, President Donald Trump has taken a hardline stance connected the issue, repeatedly saying helium would not let the state to make immoderate atomic weapons. (Getty Images)

Trump, however, has consistently said that helium would not, nether immoderate circumstances, let Iran to make a atomic weapon.

Dating backmost to 2011, Trump has gone connected the grounds voicing his content that Iran should not person entree to atomic weapons implicit 3 twelve times.

As aboriginal arsenic his 2011 publication "Time to Get Tough," Trump said: "America’s superior extremity with Iran indispensable beryllium to destruct its atomic ambitions. Let maine enactment them arsenic plainly arsenic I cognize how: Iran’s atomic programme indispensable beryllium stopped by immoderate and each means necessary. Period. We cannot let this extremist authorities to get a atomic limb that they volition either usage oregon manus disconnected to terrorists."

He has besides made wide his stance that Iran should not adjacent beryllium allowed to further make atomic arms, saying successful a 2011 tweet that "Iran’s atomic programme indispensable beryllium stopped – by immoderate and each means necessary."

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In this Oct. 26, 2010 record photo, a idiosyncratic rides a bicycle successful beforehand of the reactor gathering of the Bushehr atomic powerfulness plant, conscionable extracurricular the confederate metropolis of Bushehr. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Then, aft announcing his 2016 statesmanlike campaign, Trump criticized President Barack Obama for negotiating "a disastrous woody with Iran," saying, "Iran cannot beryllium allowed to person a atomic limb and, nether a Trump Administration, volition ne'er beryllium allowed to person a atomic weapon."

Then again, successful 2017, Trump was quoted by NPR saying, "We volition contradict the authorities each paths to a atomic weapon."

On the 2024 run trail, Trump said repeatedly that atomic ramping up is "the biggest hazard we have." In an interrogation with Patrick Bet-David "the existent menace isn't planetary warming. The existent menace is -- menace is atomic warming."  

Referring to Iran, helium said, "they're precise adjacent to having a atomic weapon," and "I wanted Iran to beryllium precise successful. I conscionable don't privation them to person a atomic weapon."

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a gathering with atomic scientists and unit of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, successful Tehran, Iran, connected Sunday, June 11.  (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Reuters )

He besides criticized erstwhile President Joe Biden, saying helium "should ne'er person allowed them to get this far. They're mode -- they're mode precocious now."

While campaigning, Trump was recorded astatine slightest 34 times saying Iran should person nary mode of processing atomic weapons, a Fox News Digital reappraisal of video shows.

"They can't person a atomic weapon. And now, they're precise adjacent to having one, and it's precise unsafe for the world, precise unsafe for the world. I mean, the biggest -- the biggest occupation today, successful my opinion, the biggest hazard is the atomic weapons, the weaponry. It's truthful almighty today," helium said successful a run rally successful Milwaukee successful October.

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Then-President-elect Donald Trump speaks astatine AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, successful Phoenix.  (Rick Scuteri)

"They're financing Hamas, and they're financing Hezbollah … they spell around, saying, ‘Death to Israel. Death to America.’ And they chant it openly each implicit the place. Don't fto Iran person atomic weapons. That's my lone happening I person to archer you today. Don't fto them person it," helium said astatine a run lawsuit successful Clive, Iowa.

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Iran has repeatedly said it volition not hold to a uranium enrichment ban, arguing it has the close to the process, which is besides captious for atomic energy. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi connected Monday reiterated this constituent successful a property league from Egypt, and, according to the Tasnim News Agency, said helium plans to respond to the U.S. connection soon.

Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.