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29 Jul 2026, 20:14

Parts of Trump's conversation with reporters at the White House, machine translation:

Reporter: What information do you have about the drone attack on the LNG tanker off the coast of Egypt? Is there any indication that this attack is related to Iran?

Trump: Well, I can give you a report. I have been briefed on this. It's a bit of the same story, but things are starting to clear up; the situation is becoming clearer. In the meantime, we are going to hit them very hard because it's our turn to strike. They know that this attack is coming and they want us not to do it. But last night they tried to shoot at it.

We had five missiles moving at 8,500 miles per hour, and all five missiles were intercepted; however, they still fired. So it's our turn. We will see if we reach an agreement at some point or not, but we will hit them very hard.

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Reporter: In what scenario do you think Iran would attack U.S. facilities and personnel abroad, and you would back down?

Trump: I don't see that happening. No, we will not back down. We will hit them hard. I can really say this because they can't do much about it. This group is different from the group we are dealing with. They have apologized before, but we need to hit them.

Reporter: When they attack, will you always respond?

Trump: Yes, almost.

Reporter: Mr. President, is this in response to the ballistic missile attack last night on Jordan? When you say it's our turn to strike.

Trump: Yes, I think it relates more to that. That was a smaller event, but they fired five missiles at us at 8,000 miles per hour. Fortunately, we had people using the best equipment in the world, the Patriot system.

Just think about it; five big missiles coming directly at us at 8,600 miles per hour, and all five missiles were intercepted. How about that? That's very good. Only we could do that; no one else could.

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Reporter: Mr. President, regarding the war, do you want the House of Representatives to return before August 31 to address the Russia and Iran sanctions bill?

Trump: If necessary, yes; although honestly, it shouldn't be necessary. Are you referring to Lindsey Graham's proposal?

Reporter: Yes.

Trump: I want them to add Iran to the tariffs as well, not just the sanctions. I think that's important, and that's what Lindsey wanted. I've heard they have imposed tariffs on Russia, but they haven't imposed tariffs on those five countries related to Iran.

I would like to see tariffs against Iran. It makes this issue much stronger. Maybe you can tell them that I think they should impose tariffs on Russia, but they should also consider tariffs for Iran. That was exactly what Lindsey wanted.

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Reporter: President Xi told you that China would not provide or sell any weapons to Iran. Now a new report has emerged stating that Iran is set to receive 400 missile launchers from China via Pakistan.

Trump: Well, that would be surprising. Such things happen, but it would really be surprising. He told me very firmly that he would not participate in this and knows that I would be very disappointed.

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