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27 Jul 2026, 18:00

Trump's interview video with Persian subtitles at the bottom of this post

Text of parts of the conversation, machine translation:
🔺 Reporter: Regarding the war with Iran; have you been disappointed or angry with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the advice he gave you early in the war and the outcome it has led to?

🔻 Trump: No, I think he has done an outstanding job.
We have nearly destroyed their army.
They want to meet, and we are meeting with them. We will see what happens. There is a possibility that we can reach an agreement.
Without what we did, they wouldn't even have been willing to talk to us. They requested a meeting both through intermediaries and directly, and we are negotiating with them. You know, good things might happen.

I think oil prices have dropped significantly today. About an hour ago, the stock market was soaring. But no, they requested a meeting. If our performance had been weak, they wouldn't have requested a meeting.
The only reason they want to meet is that we have dealt them very heavy blows.

🔺 Reporter: How much longer will you wait against Iran?
🔻 Trump:
I have plenty of time; a lot of time.
Their entire coastline has been destroyed. The Strait is in very good shape, and we are negotiating right now.
You know, they wanted to talk. Their people said, "Please don't bomb. Don't shoot last night and the night before; don't do it for two nights."
You know, we are having good discussions. So we will see what happens.
I think there is a good chance that something will happen. If it does, great. If not, we will go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.

🔺 Reporter: Mr. President, how have communications with the Houthis regarding the Red Sea been? Are you worried...
🔻 Trump: Houthis? That was a problem we faced some time ago, and as you know, we really crushed them. After that, we had no problems with the Houthis. But right now, we are not involved in that issue.
Of course, we might intervene. You know, if they become problematic, we will probably have to take action.

🔺 Reporter: Regarding Saudi Arabia; have you received any indication from Saudi Arabia that they will join the Abraham Accords?
🔻 Trump: We haven't talked about that yet.

🔺 Reporter: In the event of an escalation of conflict, are you concerned about a depletion of ammunition stocks?
🔻 Trump: We have plenty of stocks. We have various types of ammunition. You know, Biden gave a lot of it to Ukraine, and we are currently rebuilding those stocks; but we still have a lot.
We have a lot of mid-range weapons; more than we could use in any situation. We have plenty. To be honest, I would like to have more, but Biden gave a huge amount to Ukraine.
When I left, the warehouses were full.
When I took office after Obama, he hadn't bought ammunition, and we had very little stock. I rebuilt those stocks. But as soon as I left, they gave a lot of it to Ukraine; numbers that no one had seen before.
So now we are producing at a very rapid pace. Factories are being built, and a lot of equipment is being produced. Especially the production of Patriot systems is increasing.
We have plenty of stocks. Each of our contractors is currently building four or five factories. We are in very good shape, but we would definitely like to have more of some advanced equipment. Biden gave away a lot of it.

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🔺 Another Reporter: Do you and Prime Minister Netanyahu agree on Iran?
🔻 Trump: Almost. Yes, almost. We have a small disagreement, but overall we are pretty much in agreement.
You know, Iran has taken very heavy hits in the last 14 days, and they very politely asked us: "Please stop. Let's negotiate."
We are at that point now. We will see what happens. If we don't reach an agreement, we will go back to doing the same thing.

🔺 Reporter: President Zelensky says Russia is providing satellite images of U.S. bases in the Gulf to Iran to help them target. What can you do about this?
🔻 Trump: We will look into whether this is true or not. I will ask Putin about it. We will find out.
If such a thing has been done, it hasn't had much impact because we have really crushed them. Don't you think so?
Look, the Russians provided a lot of equipment to Venezuela. All of Venezuela's equipment was Russian. What was the result? Not very good.
So they may have given equipment, but if they did, it hasn't been successful; because they no longer have an army, air force, navy, or anything else. So it hasn't had a good outcome.
I don't think Russia has done that; at least not on a large scale. If they have, it has been very ineffective.

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🔺 Reporter: Regarding Iran's assets; you said that Iran's assets will be used to pay for damages to ships that have been targeted in the Strait. Will the United States directly pay shipping companies?
🔻 Trump: No, no.
We will use Iran's money to pay for the damages they have caused themselves.
In other words, Iran's money, which is under our control, will be used to pay for the damages. Sounds good, right? Not bad, right?
That's how it should be.

🔻 Trump: Alright, is there another question?
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To be honest, we are treating many countries that cannot survive without us very kindly.
Do you know which country cannot survive without us? Israel.
Bibi is coming; he will tell you this himself. If I hadn't intervened and turned that nuclear facility, which was practically on the verge of producing nuclear weapons, into dust, Israel would have been destroyed months ago.
Years ago, if I hadn't canceled that terrible Obama deal, Israel would have been destroyed.

🔺 Reporter: Prime Minister Netanyahu disagrees with you about selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. Netanyahu opposes delivering F-35s to Turkey. Are you planning to tell him...
🔻 Trump: No. Look, Turkey has been a very good ally for me. I think he [Erdogan] has done a very good job; he performed well in Syria too.
He is my friend, and no one tells me what we should sell or not sell.
Turkey has been an incredible ally for me. Of course, Turkey is not a staunch supporter of Israel. You know that, right? He is not a fan of Bibi either, but Turkey has been great for me.
Also, Turkey is a very powerful country. It has a huge and very powerful army and has very good equipment.

🔺 Reporter: Does Netanyahu want you to reach an agreement with Iran, or does he want you to continue the attacks?
🔻 Trump: Bibi has been really great. I don't want to say which option he prefers. He has been a prime minister during wartime, and we have performed very well together.
If you look at Iran today, its power is only eight percent of what it was four months ago; eight percent of what it was four months ago.
We will see what the final outcome of this situation will be.
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