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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

Yeah I do, I think he's a natural businessperson, we've had a lot of discussions even before this meeting we've spoken to each other numerous times on the phone. Yeah, I think so, he gets it, he understands what he has to do.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

I think the prime minister is going to be looking at [the deal]

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

But we can’t let them (have a nuclear weapon). They understand that. … And there’s a price to pay for that.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

They’ve been talking to us even today. They’ve been talking to us. The relationship is developing, I’d say.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

I watch a lot of American news coverage, and it sounds, in some cases, for example, like they’re rooting for Iran.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

America needs to lead the world in AI, but we have to do it in a way that doesn’t harm our country.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

A group like that can never have a nuclear weapon, and if we can achieve that outcome in a positive way, we’d love to do it.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

Unfortunately, that’s been the tradition and the rule for the State Department, is that we don’t inject ourselves in domestic politics.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

If we can’t use our base when we have a contingency, then what’s the point of having the base?

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

This was about national security, both for missile defense, defense of the Arctic, defense of waterways – all of that was critical.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We cannot afford to not be at the leading edge of AI because it’s going to happen.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

The person in charge of all of these things is the President. He’s the decision maker and oftentimes the implementer.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We think that would be a great idea, an energy infrastructure ceasefire in which you’re not – Ukraine’s infrastructure is not being targeted, Russian energy supplies are not being targeted as well.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

The President has always wanted to end this war and is prepared to do anything he can to bring it to an end.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We will always stand with Saudi Arabia and support them because we have an agreement with them to do so.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

You never close the door to agreements or diplomacy because sometimes things change in the system.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We need to remember that when we talk. We’re not just talking about politicians here. We’re talking about people who are theologically driven to make the decisions that they make.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

Imagine if they had a nuclear weapon and the ability to use that against their neighbors, against us, against the world. That can never happen.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

These people can never have nuclear weapons.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

At the core of all this – we talk about oil, we talk about the Straits of Hormuz – the central issue here is Iran is run by lunatic clerics, okay?

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

America has never been a nation that retreats from a frontier or shrinks from a challenge, no matter how great or how daunting that challenge may be. Freedom was not a gift that Americans won easily. After 250 years, it is not one that we…

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