Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arochi held their first face-to-face talks since the Obama era, with the White House saying, "Special Envoy Steve Witkoff's direct communication ... was a step forward in achieving a mutual beneficial outcome."
00:00:00.000Iran and U.S. envoys hold first negotiation over Tehran's nuclear program and talk face-to-face, okay?
00:00:09.500Rob, if you've got a clip on this, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Arochie held the first face-to-face talks since the Obama era with the White House stating,
00:00:25.940Special Envoy Witkoff's direct communication today was a step forward in achieving a mutual beneficial outcome.
00:00:31.460Trump's commented on Air Force One. Is this the one that you have, Rob?
00:00:34.580Yes, I have two. I have President Trump and then I also have Pete Hegseth discussing what would happen if they don't come to a deal.
00:00:40.620Go to Trump first and then we'll go to Hegseth. Go for it.
00:00:43.220You can't have nuclear weapons. And I think they're tapping us along because they were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country.
00:00:50.600And I had Iran perfect. You had no attacks. You would have never had October 7th in Israel, the attack by Hamas, because Iran was broke.0.58
00:01:02.120It was stone cold broke when I was President. And I don't want to do that. I want them to be a rich, great nation.
00:01:07.660The only thing is, one thing, simple. It's really simple. They can't have a nuclear weapon.
00:01:11.800And they've got to go fast. Because they're fairly close to having one. And they're not going to have one.
00:01:20.780And if we have to do something very harsh, we'll do it. And I'm not doing it for us. I'm doing it for the world.
00:01:27.380And these are radicalized people. And they cannot have a nuclear weapon.
00:01:34.680I think he's being very nice. I think Iran is a state sponsor of terror. They've always been.0.99
00:01:39.160And they will never not be. I think he's right. October 7th wouldn't have happened if Trump were president.
00:01:46.580I don't think Russia would have attacked Ukraine if Trump were president.
00:01:50.560I don't. Yes. Try and prohibit them from getting a nuclear weapon at all costs.
00:01:56.320I'm not sure it's going to happen. But I think the smarter thing to do is continue the massive sanctions on that country until they.
00:02:03.280I don't know, Patrick. They're run by religious fanatics. And they hate the West. And they hate everything we're about.
00:02:11.540I don't think there's any changing their mind. And it's certainly not in our lifetime.
00:02:15.620I think a tough hand with Iran is better than trying to negotiate with them.1.00
00:02:20.000Here's Exit. And then, Chris, I'll come to you. Go ahead, Rob.
00:02:22.040We've had direct talks yesterday. They began in the past. It's been indirect talks with a mediator.
00:02:28.920But there's Steve Whitcoff meeting with the foreign minister of Iran. What can you tell us?
00:02:33.100Well, I can tell you that President Trump is dead serious on this issue.
00:02:37.080He's dead serious that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. He's said that for 20 years.
00:02:42.500He's been consistent. That is clear. He's dead serious that he wants it done at the negotiating table.
00:02:47.980He wants it done peacefully. And that's why he's going straight to these talks. He set that deadline.
00:02:53.020These were productive talks yesterday. I don't want to get ahead of our skis.
00:02:56.240Steve Whitcoff does a fantastic job. But it was a good step.
00:02:59.300And they're going to go at it again on Saturday.
00:03:01.620But he's also dead serious that if we can't figure this out at the negotiating table,
00:03:05.220then there are other options to include my department to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear bomb.
00:03:10.620We hope we never get there. We really do, Maria.
00:03:12.680But what we're doing with the Houthis and what we're doing in the region, we've shown a capability to go far, to go deep and to go big.0.59
00:03:20.340And again, we don't want to do that. But if we have to, we will to prevent the nuclear bomb in Iran's hands.0.98
00:05:13.920We put a second nuclear strike force in the region, sitting there right now.
00:05:19.120We're going to show force and have them, I don't know.
00:05:22.040I don't know, Pat. Maybe Israel goes in and does what they did in 1982 where we were playing games with Iran and Israel in the middle of the night when they wipes out their whole nuclear program.0.68
00:05:31.840Well, here's what happened. A lot of people that have foreign nationals, a lot of people that have folks living in Iran right now for deals, they're moving their folks out.
00:05:40.320They're saying, come home. Whether it's Europe, Asia, Middle East, they're saying, come home.
00:05:45.920Tensions are too high. They may be attacking the nuclear facility that they have. That threat is there.
00:05:50.480The ships are already out there close to Iran anyway.
00:05:53.000So it's like they're close enough to be able to say we can do something.
00:06:03.200You just need this as an excuse to attack.
00:06:06.680Either that's one, or two, you are naive and you believe they have nuclear weapons or getting close to it, and you're trying to find a way to negotiate with them to get something done.
00:06:28.700Would Israel like to attack their nuclear facilities?
00:06:30.800Do you think Israel, as strong of an intelligence unit that they have, that they claim they have, that we've all seen it and read about it, do you think they already have some insiders that know exactly where the facilities are?
00:07:38.360If your thesis is or if your conclusion is that this is doing all the diplomatic steps that they need to take and then figure out the best.