West Asia War: Donald Trump says he will not use nuclear weapons against Iran

US President Donald Trump on Thursday local time said he would not use a nuclear weapon in the conflict with Iran stating that such weapons should never be used by anyoneSpeaking to reporters at the White House when asked whether he would use a nuclear weapon against Iran Trump said Why would a stupid question like that be asked No I wouldnt use it A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody Further Trump said the United States has a strong economy and sufficient oil supply added that several ships are now heading to the US instead of the Strait of Hormuz amid efforts to curb Irans nuclear ambitions We have this unbelievable economy I called JD Marco Howard and Scott and told them that I hate to tell you but we have to do a little bit of a detour We have to go to Iran and make sure that they are out of nuclear weapons A lot of ships are coming to the United States and they are using the United States instead of the Hormuz Strait We dont have an oil shortage We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined We are taking in millions of barrels of oil from Venezuela he saidHe also said the United States has total control over the Strait of Hormuz and is deliberately keeping it closed to pressure Iran into a deal adding that he wants a lasting agreement and will not rush the process despite claiming significant progress I gave them a break I want to make the best deal I could make a deal right now Do you know that if I left right now we had a tremendous success It would take them 20 years to rebuild but I dont want to do that I want to have it everlasting What I am doing I cant tell you that I dont want to put that kind of timetable on it but it will go pretty quickly We will have the Strait opened up Right now we have it closed We have total control of the Strait he further saidThey would have opened it up 3 days ago They came to us and they said We will agree to open the Strait All my people were happy except me I said One minute if we open the Strait that means they are going to make 500 million a day I dont want them to make 500 million a day until they settle this thing So I am the one that kept it closed We have total control of it It will open when they make a deal or something else happens that is very positive he saidTrump said he is under no pressure to end the West Asia conflict claiming that the United States has already struck a majority of its targets and that Iran is facing urgent pressure due to its oil situation He added that further military action remains an option if a deal is not reached while also noting that Iran has agreed to halt the execution of several women following a request from the USHow many years was Vietnam I took the country out militarily in the first 4 weeks Now what we are doing is sitting back and seeing what deal If they dont want to make a deal then I will finish it up militarily with the other 2537 targets We have hit 7837 of the targets that we wanted to hit It is amazing what we have done You know who is under time pressure They are If they dont get their oil moving their whole oil infrastructure is going to explode because they have no place to store it Because they have no place to store it if they have to stop it something happens underground that essentially renders it in very poor shape and you never recover fully They have a matter of days before that event takes place Trump saidI am not under any pressure whatsoever Our ships are locked and loaded and they are ready to go They are very disorganised right now 8 young women were going to be executed yesterday afternoon at 6 o clock I asked them call it a favour or just a moral request that they not be executed They came back with an answer that they will not be executing them They are releasing 4 of them very shortly and they are going to keep 4 of them in jail for a period of one month and release them So they will not be executed he said When asked whether Iran will have to cut off its funding to Hezbollah Trump said Yeah they will have to cut that off That is a mustThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever