In an interview with the CSPAN television channel, Trump said that the reason for continuing his current approach towards Iran is dialogue with the countries of the region and the preference of these countries to continue this process instead of attacking again. According to him, the attack will be "about five times larger than the first attack".
Trump mentioned his meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar at the White House and the talks with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, saying that these neighboring countries of Iran have been the target of very serious attacks.