President Donald Trump said Thursday that negotiations with Iran are making significant progress, expressing confidence that Tehran has accepted nearly all of Washington’s key demands even as tensions remain high following recent U.S. military strikes.

In an interview with CNBC, Trump contrasted his administration’s handling of Iran with America’s lengthy involvement in previous wars, arguing that his approach has produced swift results.

“We were in Afghanistan for like 10 years. We were in the Korean War forever. We were in, I don’t even mention World War I and World War II, they’re biggies, but you know what, stuff like this could have led to it. But we were in many, many years in every war,” Trump said.

Trump on Iran:

We totally defeated them militarily. They have some missiles left. We could wipe them out too.

I think they’ve agreed to just about everything we need. pic.twitter.com/fgJyfhoVBt

— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 2, 2026

The president went on to describe what he characterized as a decisive military campaign against Iran during his first months back in office.

“I’ve been [in Iran] for four months. And what have I done? I’ve defeated them militarily. They’re totally defeated militarily. They have some missiles left, we could wipe them out too. And I hit them three times last week, very hard, because they sent a drone into a ship. I hit them. Then they did something else and I hit them. I hit them three nights in a row. The week before I hit them two nights in a row, very hard,” he continued.

Trump also said diplomatic efforts are continuing and suggested an agreement may be close at hand.

“I think they’ve agreed to just about everything we need.”

Reiterating previous assertions that Iranian officials have denied, Trump said the United States intends to use a portion of Iran’s frozen assets to purchase American-grown food products for the country if negotiations are successfully concluded.

“They have 300% inflation. They’re making no money. So we’re going to take some of the money and we’re going to buy them…they need food. They need corn and wheat and soybeans, and we’re going to have exclusively our American farmers provide that, assuming we get to the position where we should get to. I think we’re going to get there. Their strength is gone. Their bravado is gone, although they keep up a pretty good front,” said Trump.

During the interview, Trump also renewed his criticism of American Jews who support the Democratic Party, pointing to his record on Israel.

“How a Jewish person can vote for a Democrat is beyond me. I’ve been the best president in the history of Israel and they acknowledge it…and by the way, IN Israel, I think I was at 99% or something…but you can’t let Iran – whether it’s Israel, the Middle East or not – you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” he said.

Trump’s comments came as Washington and Tehran continue negotiations aimed at reaching a lasting agreement following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

Even as diplomacy has continued, the fragile ceasefire has faced repeated challenges. Over the weekend, U.S. forces launched two rounds of strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz after accusing Tehran of violating the ceasefire agreement.

On Motzoei Shabbos, Trump warned that the United States could be forced to “militarily complete the job” if Iran continued to breach the ceasefire.

Iran subsequently denied reports that its negotiators would hold direct talks with American officials in Qatar, saying that while a technical delegation would travel to Doha to discuss implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding, no bilateral meetings with U.S. representatives were scheduled.

Trump, however, maintained that discussions between American and Iranian officials would indeed take place in Qatar, telling reporters the meetings would be “perhaps important, perhaps not.”

{Matzav.com}