{"id":27249,"date":"2026-04-24T03:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/trump-pressed-on-nuclear-strike-against-iran-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:02:12","slug":"trump-pressed-on-nuclear-strike-against-iran-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/trump-pressed-on-nuclear-strike-against-iran-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pressed on nuclear strike against Iran (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>The US president insists Washington has already decimated Tehran in a \u201cvery conventional way\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"85\"><strong data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"40\"><\/strong>US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a reporter who asked whether his threats to destroy Iranian civilization meant he was ready to use a nuclear weapon, dismissing the question as <em>\u201cstupid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1108\">The exchange took place at the White House on Thursday, where a journalist recalled Trump\u2019s April 7\u00a0warning that <em>\u201ca whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again\u201d<\/em> if Tehran did not accept his terms, a remark widely condemned as apocalyptic and potentially genocidal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1380\"><em>\u201cWhy would a stupid question like that be asked? Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we\u2019ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it? No, I wouldn\u2019t use it,\u201d<\/em> Trump said, adding that a <em>\u201cnuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> to Jim Acosta&#8217;s girlfriend (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElizLanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElizLanders<\/a>) when she asks one of the dumbest questions ever \u2014 if he&#8217;d use a nuclear weapon on Iran:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why would a stupid question like that be asked?&#8230; No, I wouldn&#8217;t use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U235920fwD\">pic.twitter.com\/U235920fwD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2047410779331149997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1709\">The US president used the occasion to once again boast about the scale of American military damage inflicted on Iran, while suggesting that any rearmament by Tehran during the ceasefire could be knocked out in <em>\u201cabout one day\u201d<\/em> if necessary. He also said he could make a deal immediately, but wanted one that was <em>\u201ceverlasting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz.\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/638768-trump-iran-threats-acceptable\/\">Trump\u2019s threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure \u2018perfectly acceptable\u2019 \u2013 UN envoy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1847\"><em>\u201cI want to make the best deal. I could make a deal right now&#8230; but I don\u2019t want to do that. I want to have it everlasting,\u201d<\/em> Trump said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"2111\">Washington indefinitely extended the ceasefire earlier this week, expecting a <em>\u201cunified\u201d<\/em> proposal from Tehran, while keeping the US blockade of Iranian ports in place, even as follow-up talks with the Islamic Republic stalled and tensions persisted around the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2113\" data-end=\"2297\">Trump has made clear there is no firm timeline for ending the war, telling Fox News on Wednesday that there was <em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/638952-trump-us-iran-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no time frame<\/a>,\u201d<\/em> and urging critics not to <em>\u201crush\u201d<\/em> him again on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"RT\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/638962-iran-us-hurmuz-ship-seizures\/\">Ship seizures by Iran don\u2019t breach truce \u2013 White House (VIDEO)\u00a0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2299\" data-end=\"2638\">The Iranian military, meanwhile, said it was prepared to fight the US <em>\u201cuntil complete victory.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the US of trying to turn negotiations into <em>\u201ca table of surrender,\u201d<\/em> adding that talks and a <em>\u201ccomplete ceasefire\u201d<\/em> would only make sense if they were not violated by the maritime blockade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2640\" data-end=\"2839\"><em>\u201cThey did not achieve their goals through military aggression, nor will they through bullying. The only way forward is to recognize the rights of the Iranian nation,\u201d<\/em> Ghalibaf wrote on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president insists Washington has already decimated Tehran in a \u201cvery conventional way\u201d US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a reporter who asked whether his threats to destroy Iranian civilization meant he was ready to use a nuclear weapon, dismissing the question as \u201cstupid.\u201d The exchange took place at the White House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rt-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump pressed on nuclear strike against Iran (VIDEO) - 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