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Donald Trump rules out nuclear strike on iran, calls it stupid question | World News

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1 min readUpdated: Apr 24, 2026 08:07 AM US President Donald Trump has ruled out use of any nuclear weapon against Iran and said no nuclear weapon should ever be allowed to be used anybody.
In an interaction with reporters, the Presidemt was asked whether he is mulling a nuclear strike on Iran. “Would you use a nuclear weapon against Iran?” a reporter could be heard asking Trump. To this, Trump replied with a “no” before posing another question: “No. Why would a stupid question like that be asked?”

“Why would l use a nuclear weapon when we’ve totally decimated Iran without it? A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used anybody,” he stated.

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