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Trump Indicates All Options on Table With Iran After Netanyahu Meeting
President Donald Trump held a “very good” closed-door meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, to discuss Iran, but acknowledged no definitive decision was reached on how the United States will proceed toward the Islamic Republic.
The “tremendous relationship between our two Countries continues,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after the meeting Wednesday afternoon.
“There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated. If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a preference. If it cannot, we will just have to see what the outcome will be,” Trump said.
“Last time Iran decided that they were better off not making a Deal, and they were hit with Midnight Hammer — that did not work well for them,” Trump said, referring to the strikes the U.S. carried out against Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.
“Hopefully this time they will be more reasonable and responsible,” Trump continued.
The president said he and Netanyahu also discussed Gaza and the “Region in general. There is truly PEACE in the Middle East.”
President Trump's readout from his meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu: "There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated. If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a… pic.twitter.com/eV2uKWi0rM— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) February 11, 2026
Ahead of his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu also met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, former Trump advisor Jared Kushner, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
For about a month, Trump has been threatening action against the Iranian regime if a deal is not reached on its nuclear program. The threats follow reports of the regime killing thousands of its own citizens during protests against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ruled Iran under Sharia law since 1989.
Trump has moved a significant number of military resources into the Middle East since the start of the year, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. As recently as Tuesday, Trump told Axios he may send a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region if negotiations with Iran fail.
The Iranians “want to make a deal,” Trump recently said during an interview with Fox Business, adding any deal must be a “good” one and include “no nuclear weapons, no missiles, no this, no that, all the different things that you want.”
Trump admitted he does not know if the current regime would adhere to the terms of a nuclear deal with the U.S.
PRESIDENT TRUMP on Iran: "They want to make a deal. They wouldn't talk to anybody else, but they're talking to me.""Obama and Biden, what they did in terms of creating a monster with Iran was terrible." pic.twitter.com/LkOcIsUoTE— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 10, 2026
The U.S., under Trump’s direction, struck three key nuclear facilities in June. If a deal can’t be reached, Trump has indicated the U.S. will consider action to “take out more” of the regime’s nuclear program.
While Trump says Iran wants to reach a deal, the regime maintains some of Trump’s requests are not up for negotiation.
“The Islamic Republic’s missile capabilities are non-negotiable,” Ali Shamkhani, an advisor to the regime, said Wednesday, Reuters reports. Iran has expressed a willingness to negotiate on the nation’s nuclear program, but nothing else.
Oman mediated nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran last week. After the talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran “only discusses its nuclear issue … We do not discuss any other issue with the U.S.,” according to Reuters.
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