Trump says US would strike again if Iran rebuilds nuclear program

The U.S. would onslaught Iran again if the state attempts to rebuild its atomic program, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Trump made the connection during an speech with reporters portion attending a NATO summit successful the Netherlands connected Wednesday. The U.S. has touted a study from Israel stating that the strikes connected 3 of Iran's atomic facilities acceptable backmost the country's programme "many years."

A newsman asked Trump whether helium would onslaught Iran again if it were to rebuild its atomic facilities.

"Sure," came Trump's blunt response.

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President Donald Trump speaks arsenic helium meets with Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof connected the sidelines of a NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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The speech came aft NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised Trump arsenic a "man of strength" and a "man of peace" during Wednesday's summit.

"I conscionable privation to admit your decisive enactment connected Iran," Rutte said astatine the commencement of his associated remarks with the president. "You are a antheral of strength, but you are besides a antheral of peace. And the information that you are present besides palmy successful getting this ceasefire done betwixt Israel and Iran — I truly privation to commend you for that. I deliberation this is important for the full world."

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte astatine the NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

Rutte besides praised Trump’s effort to get NATO members to wage much and said the president was "flying into different large success" aft each countries—except Spain—agreed to walk 5% of their GDP connected defense. He added that Trump achieved thing "NO American president successful decades could get done."

Leaders of NATO subordinate states had mixed reactions to the strikes against Iran’s atomic facilities, with respective calling for de-escalation portion acknowledging the menace a atomic Iran would airs to planetary security.

Map of US strikes connected Iran. (Fox News)

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Trump cajoled Iran and Israel into a ceasefire connected Tuesday that has truthful acold held aft an uncertain commencement that saw Trump unleash his vexation with some countries.

Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.