President Donald Trump says the Saudi king said they preferred a peace deal than an attack on Iran. He added that the attacks would lead somewhere else with neighbouring countries having to face the brunt as well.
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Donald Trump:
“It'd take many, many years to build it back. I don’t think it could even be buildable back. So we had—we had an attack that would be the biggest attack since World War II and it would’ve been disastrous for them, and they did not want us to do it. And frankly, Saudi Arabia did not want it either. They thought that a deal is imminent. And the deal is imminent having to do with the Strait of Hormuz and also, ultimately, the denuclearization of Iran. So when I hear that, I say, ‘Well, do we want to go and do this?’ Now, there’s a group of people that would like me to just do it, and there is another group of people that does not want me to do it.”
Reporter:
[Inaudible question]
Donald Trump:
“No, we’ll just see how it is. We are ready to go anytime we want. Would I rather make a deal? I am not looking to kill people, because people die, a lot of people die, and we don’t want that. So they asked us, Iran specifically, but the other three—I asked them, I asked Saudi Arabia, the King, the Crown Prince, I said, ‘What would you rather do? Would you rather have us do this or not?’ They said, ‘We would much prefer a deal as opposed to an attack, because you do not know where these attacks will lead.’ Will they be flooded with people pouring into their country and disaster? A lot of bad things can happen.”
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