Trump: Not Hitting Iran Because Gulf States Don’t Want To, ‘I’d Like to Do It This Way, Too’

Breitbart ^ | 10 Nov 2026 | IAN HANCHETT

[Mr. Mojo]

On Monday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal Primetime,” President Donald Trump said that he hasn’t launched further strikes on Iran because Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait don’t want to, and “I’d like to do it this way, too.”

Trump said, “[N]ow it’s a question of, I could do it quickly or not. The reason I’m doing it this way is because, in speaking with Qatar — as you know, the prime minister was in the Oval Office today — in speaking to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, basically the neighbors — who were attacked pretty violently, by the way — but in speaking to them, they’d rather do it this way, rather than another hit, which would be approximately five times bigger than the first hit, which basically decimated them.”

He continued, “So, I’d like to do it this way, too. And I think — I can tell you that Iran would like to make a deal.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabs; iran; qatar; trump

[woweeitsme]

Iran would like to make a deal, eh? Have I heard this before?

[Miami Rebel]

Qatar says “Jump!”

[one guy in new jersey]

“I can tell you that Iran would like to make a deal.”

It must be driving the IRGC Bippy Bonkers hearing this from Bad Orange Incorporated, week in, week out.

They may just raise the white flag of surrender just to get Trump to stop telling them what they themselves would like.

[rktman]

Well, yeah. When we do it to protect them because they won’t take care of their own neighborhood, the bully slaps them so yeah they don’t want us doing it. Deep down, they’re still one tribe.

[1Old Pro]

Iran is in a much weakened position. Lack of cash flow effectively is a slow motion train wreck, withering on the vine.

[nikos1121]

That’s all well and good, but I can tell you with certainty, that if one or our troops is killed, Trump will retaliate.

[Leaning Right]

> Iran would like to make a deal, eh? Have I heard this before? <

Yep. When an important person who’s usually quiet talks, people take it seriously.

But when an important person continually babbles on about all sorts of things, nobody pays attention.

And yeah, I’m talking about Trump here.
🙁

[redangus]

We went to war because Israel wanted us to, and now we’re stopping the war because the Gulf States want us to. Farming out foreign policy is not a good look or effective. A president should make these decisions based on what’s best for his country. Not based on what other countries desire.

[iamgalt]

I guess what we want doesn’t matter anymore.

[Dr. Sivana]

A president should make these decisions based on what’s best for his country.

Part of what is best for our country is determined by how other parties with whom we have relations are affected by or view the action. That goes triple when the action is on the other side of the world.

[one guy in new jersey]

There are no friends of the fundless.