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Things The President Said Today: August 27, 2026

"He's not going to be attacking a NATO territory." "I don't want to comment on that, but they're not going to attack." "Lake America was something I've been thinking about for a long time." "Now all we need is an ocean." "Maybe we'll change them both." Source: Euronews, Fox News, NOTUS (August 27, 2026)

Things The President Said Today: June 2, 2026

  • "Iran's a big success. Wait until you see. That'll be a very big success, it's already -- we've essentially defeated the military."
  • "And they've already agreed they're not going to have a nuclear weapon."
  • "He's involved, absolutely."
  • "Yeah, I think they have -- they have a lot of respect for him."
  • "We have the blockade, which is amazing. Our Navy is great, our military -- we have the strongest military in the world."
  • "I did, I wouldn't say angry, I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know. At some point I said, Bibi, we've got to stop this, we've got to stop it. But I have a very good relationship, we've done well together."
  • "I like Bibi a lot, and I've worked very well with him... I'm a wartime president, he's a wartime prime minister."
  • "I said he tricked me? I mean, I'm the one that started it because... I started because we can't let them have a nuclear weapon."
  • "Tell you what, if there wasn't me, there would be no Israel right now."
  • "And then I stopped it a second time with the B-2 bombers flying in and bombing the hell out of them. They would have had a nuclear weapon."
  • "Certainly it would be over. There wouldn't be any bullshit. There wouldn't be any talking. There wouldn't be any delays... But you know, I'd rather do it the nice way from a humanitarian standpoint."

Sources: Trump Archive/Roll Call Factba.se transcript of the Miranda Devine "Pod Force One" interview, June 2, 2026.

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