Donald Trump returned to place Iran in the center of the target on him and issued a clear and direct warning, without half measures: “They will never have a nuclear weapon.”
Before Congress, Trump assured that Tehran “continues to pursue its sinister ambitions” and is trying to rebuild its atomic program despite warnings from Washington.
“They were warned not to attempt to rebuild their weapons program, particularly nuclear weapons. However, “they keep starting from scratch”he stated.
Souvenir of Operation Midnight Hammer
The president appealed to the Operation Midnight Hammercarried out on June 22, 2025, to emphasize that The United States has already acted against the Iranian nuclear program. In that operation, the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan facilities were attacked.
“We annihilated it, and they want to start again”Trump said, referring to the damage caused then.
His words come in a context of maximum tension in the Middle East. The United States currently maintains the largest military deployment around Iran since the 2003 Iraq war, a fact that adds pressure to the diplomatic situation.
Diplomacy, but with a red line
The speech also comes a few hours before delegations from the United States and Iran meet in Ginebra to try to move towards a diplomatic solution.
Trump assured that Washington prefers to resolve the conflict through diplomatic means, but made his red line clear: “My preference is to resolve this problem through diplomacy. But one thing is certain: I will never allow the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism, which it is by far, to have a nuclear weapon.“.
He also reproached Tehran for not saying what he called “those secret words: we will never have a nuclear weapon.”
The message is unequivocal: The United States wants an agreement, but under its conditions. And if Iran tries to reactivate its nuclear program, the White House makes it clear that it is willing to act again.
The focus now shifts to Geneva. But the tone set by Trump in Congress anticipates that any negotiation will start from a firm position with little room for ambiguity. Pure Trump everything.
