Trump Says Iranians Contacted Him Seeking a Deal Amid Tensions

On board Air Force One en route to the United States, President Donald Trump stated that Iranians are "sick people" and that he is their primary target. He asserted that the U.S. has already achieved military victory over Iran and claimed that the Iranians are desperately seeking a deal. Trump revealed that Iran recently reached out to him, but he expressed uncertainty about whether they deserve a deal. He emphasized that the U.S. is responding forcefully, hitting Iran twenty times harder than they hit the U.S., referring to recent retaliatory actions as "payback for last night."