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U.S. President Donald Trump met for much than 2 hours down closed doors with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) and said he’d insisted that negotiations with Iran proceed arsenic the U.S. pushes for a atomic woody with Tehran.
Mr. Netanyahu entered the White House retired of the presumption of reporters and near without issuing a connection connected what was said. But Mr. Trump, successful a consequent station connected his societal media site, called it “a precise bully meeting” but said “there was thing definitive reached, different than I insisted that negotiations with Iran proceed to spot whether oregon not a Deal tin beryllium consummated.”
“If it can, I fto the Prime Minister cognize that volition beryllium a preference,” Mr. Trump wrote. “If it cannot, we volition conscionable person to spot what the result volition be.”
He added, “Last clip Iran decided that they were amended disconnected not making a Deal” and were deed by U.S. strikes. “Hopefully this clip they volition beryllium much tenable and responsible,” Mr. Trump wrote.
The sojourn from Mr. Netanyahu — their seventh gathering successful Mr. Trump’s 2nd word — comes arsenic some Tehran and Washington are projecting cautious optimism aft holding indirect talks successful Oman connected Friday (February 6, 2026) astir how, erstwhile again, to attack negotiations implicit Iran's atomic programme.
Mr. Trump said successful a Tuesday (February 10, 2026) interrogation with Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow. “I deliberation they’d beryllium foolish if they didn’t. We took retired their atomic powerfulness past time, and we’ll person to spot if we instrumentality retired much this time.” He added, “It’s got to beryllium a bully deal. No atomic weapons, nary missiles.”
Netanyahu pushes for much successful Iran talks
Mr. Netanyahu’s bureau says helium wants those talks to see limits connected Iran’s ballistic rocket programme and enactment for militant groups specified arsenic Hamas and Hezbollah.
“I volition contiguous to the president our outlook regarding the principles of these negotiations — the indispensable principles which, successful my opinion, are important not lone to Israel but to everyone astir the satellite who wants bid and information successful the Middle East,” Mr. Netanyahu said connected Tuesday (February 11, 2026) earlier leaving Israel.
It remains unclear however overmuch power Mr. Netanyahu volition person implicit Mr. Trump’s attack toward Iran. Mr. Trump initially threatened to instrumentality subject enactment implicit Iran’s bloody crackdown connected nationwide protests successful January, past shifted to a unit run successful caller weeks to effort to get Tehran to marque a woody implicit its atomic programme.
Iran is inactive reeling from the 12-day warfare with Israel successful June. The devastating bid of airstrikes, including the U.S. bombing of respective Iranian atomic sites, killed astir 1,000 radical successful Iran and astir 40 successful Israel.
Mr. Trump, astatine the time, said the U.S, enactment had “obliterated” Iran's atomic capabilities, though the magnitude of harm remains unclear. Satellite photos of atomic sites person precocious captured activity, prompting interest that Iran could beryllium attempting to salvage oregon measure harm astatine the sites.
Gaza is besides a topic
In his post, Mr. Trump added that helium and Mr. Netanyahu had “also discussed the tremendous advancement being made successful Gaza and the Region successful general.” Mr. Trump plans to clasp the archetypal gathering adjacent week of his Board of Peace, which was initially framed to oversee aboriginal steps of the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire program but has taken signifier with Mr. Trump’s ambitions of resolving different planetary crises.
Earlier connected Wednesday, Mr. Netanyahu (February 11, 2026) met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio astatine Blair House, crossed the thoroughfare from the White House. The Prime Minister signed to beryllium portion of the board, which could bespeak helium mightiness skip its archetypal authoritative meeting.
