Things The President Said Today: June 5, 2026

• "we're having great success with Iran... they're not going to have a nuclear weapon, and they're in no position to have a nuclear weapon."
• "A lot. I don't want to say how many, but a lot. A lot of oil is coming into our country... that's why it's at $97 a barrel instead of $300 a barrel."
• "Well, I don't mind. Let them deal. I'm the one that got them to this position and I think that's going to get worked out... it's a war that should have never happened, would have never happened if I was president."
• "25,000 people a month are dying, mostly -- mostly soldiers and that shouldn't happen."
• "It's not acceptable, not acceptable."
• "Well, I was never much of a fan of John Bolton... he wanted to go to war with anybody that opened their mouth... He's a dirty guy, and we caught him."
• "Senator Tillis is a loser. That's why he didn't run... stone-cold."
• "Well, they've been largely decapitated. And I call it a military exercise because people would rather have it called that. It's not a big war for us... We have the most powerful military in the world. I built it, frankly."
• "Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their anti-aircraft is gone."
• "Well, we have a blockade. It's been extremely effective... they're losing $400-500 million a day. It's not sustainable for them."
• "I don't consider that a war, but if you want to define it as such, I guess you can."
• "I don't define it at all. I don't think about it. I just do what I have to do."
• "We've lost 13 people here and that's a lot. 13 people, too many... 13 is less than anybody's ever even envisioned. I think we're doing a great job."
• "the main thing is we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon, can't do it. And we won't do it."
• "I find them to be more rational, very smart."
• "Younger. I think more rational. Injured. He's pretty badly injured. So there's a certain bravery there."
• "it is buried under mountains because our B2s were incredible... three mountains have fallen in on them... They can't get it no matter what... it would take weeks, weeks of digging."
• "The only two countries that can get it are us and China."
• "We have cameras on it, all over it. If anybody walked there... I would be able to read your first name on your lapel."
• "I call it nuclear dust because it seemed to be nice, and everyone understands it better, and it's sort of cute, and people picked it up."
• "we're going to take them out militarily very harshly."
• "Yeah, we are. We get along very well. We've been great comrades... I'd like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah."
• "Syria's doing a very good job of cleaning up their act. They have a very good leader."
• "No... I had to stop a country, very powerful, very dangerous country, from having a nuclear weapon because they'd use it... They're nuts, okay? They're crazy people. I deal with them... I get along with them. I like them. But you don't want to let them have a nuclear weapon."
• "There will be no Kristen. There will be no NBC. There will be no Meet the Press. You will end the Meet the Press string."
• "It's not a quagmire. Just wiped out the military of a very dangerous country... if we left tomorrow... it'll take them 15 or 20 years to rebuild back. But I'm not going to give them even that chance."
• "We're going to either have a deal, a strong deal, a meaningful deal, not like the Obama thing... Mine is a wall."
• "They were developing it during the nuclear deal... Obama signed that stupid deal where he paid them billions and billions of dollars. He thought he could bribe them."

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Sources: Trump Archive/Roll Call Factba.se transcripts of the Air Force One gaggle and the Kristen Welker "Meet the Press" interview (recorded June 5, aired June 7), 2026.