President Donald Trump said this week that he doesn’t think there will be peace with Iran in a sit-down interview that comes a little over a month before Republicans face a key test on Americans’ faith in their leadership.
The interview with TIME Magazine, which was published on Thursday, delves into the president’s thoughts on the Iran war, his renovation work at the White House, the fight over the Kennedy Center, disappointment with his own Supreme Court justice picks and potential preemptive pardons of members of his administration.
Trump is in a different political landscape today than when he last down for an interview with TIME in April 2025. He told TIME back then that he wasn’t worried about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dragging the US into a potential war with Iran, because he would go “willingly” if they couldn’t reach a nuclear deal with Iran.
Now, about seven months into a war with Iran, a recent CNN poll shows three quarters of US adults said the president lacks a clear plan for handling the situation and 78% said he’s not doing enough to end it.
Towards the end of the 75-minute interview inside the Oval Office, Trump was clearly frustrated with the TIME reporters’ questions.
“You haven’t asked me one f***ing positive question. All of this. What about this? What about that? What about that? What about this? All negative,” Trump said.
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