{"id":2574463,"date":"2026-02-27T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-not-happy-with-iran-talks-says-sometimes-force-is-needed\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:57:53","slug":"trump-not-happy-with-iran-talks-says-sometimes-force-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-not-happy-with-iran-talks-says-sometimes-force-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &#8216;not happy&#8217; with Iran talks, says &#8216;sometimes&#8217; force is needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-not-happy-with-iran-talks-says-sometimes-force-is-needed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump criticized the pace of talks with Iran, saying he is not happy with how things are progressing and noting that, at times, force might be necessary, though he has not made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-will-suspend-donations-to-any-gop-lawmakers-who-challenged-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"Microsoft Will Suspend Donations to Any GOP Lawmakers Who Challenged 2020 Election Results\">final decision<\/a>. He urged Iran to strike a deal and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/77th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-bombing\/\" title=\"77th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing\">abandon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow ... to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear weapons<\/a><\/a>, remarking that they aren\u2019t using those \u201cgolden words.\u201d He also suggested that regime change in Iran could be possible if the United States intervened, but stressed that nobody knows the outcome. The remarks came during an informal White House press conference on the South Lawn as he prepared for a campaign event in Texas,ahead of U.S. Senate primaries. He was also asked about the possibility of declaring a national emergency over elections, which he said he is not considering.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >piece notes related political coverage<\/a>, including Trump\u2019s energy-policy emphasis in Texas and references to other stories about Clinton-era investigations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says he&rsquo;s &lsquo;not happy&rsquo; with Iran talks and &lsquo;sometimes&rsquo; force is necessary<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2518269\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> has expressed his displeasure with the progress of talks with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> as talk of another U.S. strike on the country&rsquo;s nuclear capabilities kicks into gear.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, we&rsquo;re not happy with what&rsquo;s going on,&rdquo; Trump told reporters at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> on Friday. &ldquo;They should make a deal, they&rsquo;d be smart if they made a deal. No nuclear weapons &mdash; we want no nuclear weapons by Iran and they&rsquo;re not saying those golden words.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4474424\/former-trump-appointee-enters-race-nancy-pelosis-house-seat\/\">Former Trump appointee enters race for Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s House seat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4474494\/bill-clinton-denies-knowledge-epstein-crimes-saw-nothing\/\">Bill Clinton denies knowledge of Epstein&#8217;s crimes: &#8216;I saw nothing&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4474390\/colombia-arrests-key-leader-cucaracho-tren-de-aragua-us-support\/\">Colombia arrests &#8216;key leader&#8217; of Tren de Aragua with US support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump downplayed his desire to use force, but said that &ldquo;sometimes you have to,&rdquo; though he added he had not made a final decision yet.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/josh_wingrove\/status\/2027442829417447676\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked about the prospect of regime change in Iran if the United States intervened, the president said &ldquo;Nobody knows.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There might be and there might not be,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;It would be nice if we could do it without, but sometimes you have to do it with. Look, we have the greatest military anywhere in the world, there&rsquo;s nothing close, I&rsquo;d love not to use it, but sometimes you have to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comments during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/land-mines-of-tariffs-and-war-complicate-irish-leaders-white-house-visit-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"&#039;Land mines&#039; of tariffs and war complicate Irish leader&#039;s ... visit - Washington Examiner\">informal press conference<\/a> with reporters on the South Lawn as he departed the White House en route to a campaign event in Corpus Christie, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a>, before next week&rsquo;s competitive U.S. Senate primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>The president was also asked about a report he is under pressure to declare a national emergency regarding elections and to sign a corresponding executive order before November&rsquo;s contests. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No,&rdquo; he said when asked if he was considering it. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never heard about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Trump expressed some empathy for former President Bill Clinton, who was deposed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Chappaqua,&nbsp;New York, on Friday, one day after the panel did the same to his wife, Hillary, regarding convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4473841\/vance-leading-trump-war-fraud-double-edged-sword\/\"><strong>VANCE LEADING TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;WAR ON FRAUD&rsquo; COULD BE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like seeing him deposed. But they certainly went after me more than that,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s appearance in Texas has been previewed as an opportunity for him to underscore his energy policies as well. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: Iran talks unsatisfactory; force may be needed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2574464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26058632483218.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,3823,3634],"class_list":["post-2574463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-iran","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26058632483218.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574467,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574463\/revisions\/2574467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}