Trump's press statement on the deal with Iran: We will not allow it

"If we hadn't made the deal, the opening of the Strait of Hormuz wouldn't have happened, and bombs would still be dropping constantly," Trump said.

Highlights from Trump's statements are as follows:

If we hadn't made the deal, the opening of the Strait of Hormuz wouldn't have happened, and bombs would still be dropping constantly. We reached a deal with Iran on Sunday that allows us to achieve everything we aimed for, everything and much more. Following the deal with Iran, oil prices have fallen to unprecedented levels.

G7 leaders are very pleased with our deal with Iran. I have studied past presidents; there were good ones and bad ones. Over the last few days, we have discussed the details of the deal with our close friends and allies. A final communiqué was issued; Macron did a great job. They said they loved the deal. If we had continued bombing, there might have been nothing left in the end. Perhaps the strait would never have opened.

WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT

No one could believe what we did. This process didn't start three or four weeks ago. Obama paid billions of dollars to Iran. Obama's deal was a path to a nuclear weapon. We had disagreements with Netanyahu regarding Lebanon. There is no need to hit every building a Hezbollah member enters. You don't need 8-9 years to make a deal. We will not allow Iran to possess a nuclear weapon. We want to psychologically extract Iran's uranium. It is not actually a valuable substance. We are monitoring Iran's nuclear facilities from space.

CHINA WILL BE ON PAR WITH US

If someone comes there and has 'Muhammad' written on their lapel, we can even see that name; we have that kind of technology. We will go down in history books. With the blockade, we have essentially created a steel wall against Iran. Regarding nuclear weapons, China will likely be on par with us within 5 years. We want to make a nuclear disarmament deal. We don't want to destroy the world, do we?

The deal with Iran will be signed tomorrow or the next day. I have been making deals my whole life. I want to sign the Iran deal. Iran has behaved very appropriately. Iran has committed that it will not produce or procure nuclear weapons. At first, they said, "We will never develop nuclear weapons," and I said, "That is not enough, you will not buy them either." They will not produce, they will not develop, they will not buy.

TRAFFIC IN HORMUZ HAS INCREASED, AND IT WILL INCREASE FURTHER

Israel could be a little better with Hezbollah. You cannot bomb Beirut just because 2 drones were shot down. Israel needs to do a better job. I feel very sorry for Lebanon. It was a great culture; Lebanon has been devastated over the last 50-60 years. They are going through a difficult period; they are living through hell. I did not carry out these attacks for regime change, but perhaps regime change has already happened. The unreasonable first and second teams were killed. Traffic in Hormuz has increased, and it will increase further.

We will continue to work on the Gulf. We will work on conventional missiles. They sometimes tell me, "You cannot allow Gulf countries to possess missiles," and I say that is not how it works. I thank Pakistan and Qatar. Of course, this success would not have happened without the pressure the US applied to the regime. Let's call this deal the 'Trump deal'.

WE HAVE OPENED THE PATH TO COOPERATION FOR IRAN

For me, the most important item is the opening of Hormuz. The other most important item, the 5th or 8th item, is that Iran cannot possess a nuclear weapon. We have opened the path to cooperation for Iran. This is important for their survival. I think the peace deal will be the beginning of a much broader Middle East deal. Hamas needs to disarm. We will put an end to all Iranian attacks.

WE WILL END THE WAR IN LEBANON

We will also end the war in Lebanon. We need to work on peace in Lebanon. The main issue is the Iran deal, but there is also Hezbollah. One way or another, we need to solve this problem too.

Syria wants to solve this. The Syrian leader has recovered the country in a wonderful way in a year and a half. We need to look at Lebanon. We will meet with the Lebanese prime minister. Lebanese leaders are living a difficult life. What Lebanon has been through. We hope for the expansion of the Abraham Accords. We hope Saudi Arabia will lead the way.

Everyone was afraid of Iran, which is why things reached this point. We had productive discussions regarding Ukraine at the G7. We spoke with Putin from a distance. We will do something about that. In my meeting with Putin on Sunday, I told Putin, "I have hope for peace."