President-elect Donald Trump clashed with a reporter on Monday who pressed him on whether he would consider launching preemptive strikes against Iran.
After delivering remarks at Mar-a-Lago, Trump fielded questions from the media. A journalist posed a query about targeting Iran’s nuclear sites.
“Well I can’t tell you that. I mean, it’s a wonderful question, but how can I – am I going to do preemptive strikes? Why would I say that?” Trump replied.

He elaborated, “Can you imagine if I said yes or no? You would say, ‘That was strange that he answered that way.’ Am I going to do preemptive strikes on Iran? Is that a serious question? How could I answer a question like that?”
When the reporter followed up, asking if Trump would endorse an Israeli strike on Iran, the president-elect maintained his refusal to provide specifics.
“How could I tell you a thing like that now?” Trump responded. “You don’t talk about that before something may or may not happen. I don’t want to insult you, I just think it’s just not something that I would ever answer. Having to do with there or any other place in the world.”
Trump shifted the focus to ongoing efforts in the Middle East, saying, “We’re trying to help very strongly and getting the hostages back, as you know, with Israel and the Middle East.”
He also touched on the broader global situation, mentioning, “We’re working very much on that. We’re trying to get the war stopped, that horrible, horrible war that’s going on in Ukraine with Russia. We’re going to, we’ve got a little progress. It’s a tough one. It’s a nasty one. It’s nasty.”
{Matzav.com}