Trump Lashes Out 'Stupid Question' on Using Nukes on Iran
Trump said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and rejected the reporter’s question as U.S. tensions rose after recent strikes.
- On Aug. 31, 2026, President Donald Trump dismissed the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Iran during an Oval Office event, calling the question "stupid."
- Former Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged this month the administration discussed nuclear weapons against Iran, but the White House rejected the claim amid six months of conflict.
- Dismissing the inquiry as a "stupid question," Trump noted Iran is "totally defeated militarily" and reiterated that Iran "cannot have a nuclear weapon."
- After Iran targeted two United States bases in Jordan on Aug. 30, the United States struck Iranian launchers on Larak Island, and Trump vowed to "hit them hard."
- The United States last used nuclear weapons in 1945 against Japan, killing more than an estimated 200,000 people; Trump previously stated such weapons "should never be allowed to be used by anybody.
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ROME (ITALPRESS) " "Iran cannot have the nuclear weapon "." This was reiterated by US President Donald Trump, talking to journalists in the Oval Office, returning to say that Tehran is a failed country. "It has an inflation of 350% and does not pay its soldiers, this does not mean that we will slap them but we will see what happens," he added. Then, it excluded the use of nuclear weapons against the country. "What stupid question. There is no re…
Donald Trump has ruled out the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Iran. He also described the question posed to him by a journalist at the White House as “stupid”. “Have you ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Iran?” was the journalist’s question to Trump. “I would never say that, but the answer is: yes. There is no reason for that… What a stupid question that is… They (the Iranians) have suffered a total defeat on a military …
During a press conference, Donald Trump was asked if he would consider using nuclear weapons against Iran. Trump then rages at the reporter.
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Trump Rules Out Nuclear Weapons Against Iran, Weighs Limited Strait of Hormuz Strikes
President Donald Trump said nuclear weapons are unnecessary because Iran has been “totally defeated militarily,” while his administration considers limited conventional strikes aimed at protecting ... The post Trump Rules Out Nuclear Weapons Against Iran, Weighs Limited Strait of Hormuz Strikes first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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