Trump denied he made this remark about Iran. He made it on camera one day earlier
On Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters he was “looking at something.” New peace offer from Iran. Later a reporter reminded me Trump said he said the other night that it might be better for the United States not to make a deal with Iran.
Trump responded, “Well, that wouldn’t be necessary. I didn’t say anything like that.” “I said if we left right now it would take 20 years to rebuild. But we’re not leaving right now. We’ll do it so no one has to go back in two or five years.”
In reality, Trump said on camera what the reporter told him. His denial was yet another case of the president falsely claiming that he didn’t say something he said in a public forum.
Embers made the statement about Iran in a speech Friday at the Palm Beaches Forum Club in South Florida. After saying it was one of the golf clubs hosting He said at a PGA Tour tournament: “Someone came in yesterday and said, ‘Sir, the tournament is great.’ I said, ‘Which tournament are you talking about?’ I’m so busy with calls from Iranians who want to get a good deal, we’re not going to let it happen.” But… they have to make a bad deal. But if they make a deal. Because frankly maybe it would be better if we didn’t make a deal at all, do you want to know the truth? Because we can’t let this continue.”
Embers did you say “If we leave now, it will take them 20, 25 years to rebuild this place,” he said at a different point in his Friday speech. But that clearly doesn’t rule out the existence of his “maybe it would be better if we didn’t make a deal at all.”
History of denying statements made on camera
It’s one thing for the president to try to deny that he made a statement that someone claims he made in a private meeting. For years, Trump has attempted a more brazen attempt: denying that he has ever made statements that say the public has seen him.
For example, in December 2025, when an ABC News reporter asked Trump on camera if he would release video of the US military’s controversial pursuit attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, Trump replied. in question“I don’t know what they have, but whatever they have, we’ll definitely release it, no problem.” But five days later, when another ABC News reporter reminded him that he said he would have no problem releasing the video, Trump incorrectly claimed: “I didn’t say that. So you said that, I didn’t say that. It’s ABC’s fake news.”
During the 2024 campaign, Trump denied saying “lock her up” about his 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton. I’ve done this many times In televised rallies attended by thousands of people. He denied making two statements during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020 He did it on camera the week before.
Trump also attempted to inaccurately portray the nature of some of his previous public statements. In an interview with Time magazine in April 2025, he incorrectly stated that requested He was “clearly” joking and exaggerating when he promised during the 2024 election campaign to immediately end the war in Ukraine if re-elected – though he did make that promise publicly more than 50 times completely seriously.
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