Trump Shocks Us (again): U.S. Forces Will Enter Iran to Seize All Enriched Uranium, Even Under a Full Deal
Trump has said a lot of wild things lately, but this one really takes the cake.
President Donald Trump made it crystal clear today: any nuclear deal with Iran will require American teams to physically enter the country and remove every kilogram of enriched uranium themselves.
In his live Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo, the same explosive segment where he said Iran “really wants to make a deal… badly” and that an agreement “could happen within the next five days - or sooner,” Trump was asked the direct question: “How are you going to get the enriched uranium?”
His answer was blunt and unmistakable:
“It’s very easy. If we have a deal with them, we’re going down and we’ll take it ourselves.”
Trump explained the move is non-negotiable because Iran’s stockpiles of near-weapons-grade uranium are buried deep underground in fortified sites. Air strikes alone cannot guarantee complete destruction, and he refuses to trust Tehran to hand it over or destroy it themselves.
He then laid out his full list of ironclad demands for any agreement:
Trump added: “If this happens, it’s a great start for Iran to build itself back. And it’s everything that we want. And it’s also great for Israel and it’s great for the other Middle Eastern countries, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, all of them, Kuwait and Bahrain in particular.”
The comments come as the U.S. has officially paused planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day window to allow the latest round of talks to continue. Trump confirmed the pause follows “very good and productive conversations” between the two sides.
This is the strongest signal yet that any final deal will include a physical U.S. ground operation inside Iran, not as an invasion, but as the verification step to make sure Tehran is left with zero nuclear capability.
The full interview is already dominating headlines and social media, with the “we’re going down and we’ll take it ourselves” line going viral within hours.