Trump downplays plans to attack Iran, claims progress in negotiations - report "We seem to be getting everything we want," US President Donald Trump told the Financial Times, implying that he is satisfied with the state of the war in Iran, adding that the US has no immediate plans to strike Iran again. Although he expressed content in the process, Trump warned that the US is "locked and loaded if we have to go, but there may be no reason for that." The US launched multiple strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday, actions described as defensive by US officials. substack | talk.