WASHINGTON: Diplomacy is US President Donald Trump’s “first option” with respect to negotiations with Iran, the White House said Wednesday, acknowledging that he is “talking to many people” about potential military strikes. Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said there are “many reasons and arguments that one could make for a strike against Iran,” pointing to attacks the president ordered in June against nuclear facilities that the administration maintains “totally obliterated“ Iran’s nuclear program.

U.S. President Donald Trump Has Been 'Very Clear With Respect to Iran, or Any Country, That Diplomacy Is Always His First Option,' Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Said, Adding…

The White House spokeswoman says there are "many reasons and arguments that one could make for a strike against Iran".