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Trump’s 14-year history opposing Iranian nukes counters media spin he’d allow them

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Despite previous media reporting that the Trump administration is open to allowing Iran to continue its uranium enrichment program, potentially allowing the development of Iranian nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump has taken a strong stance on the issue, repeatedly saying he would not allow the country to develop any nuclear weapons.
Axios reported earlier this month that as part of a deal to ease U.S. sanctions offered to Iran by White House envoy Steve Witkoff, «would allow limited low-level uranium enrichment on Iranian soil for a to-be-determined period of time.» This was something the outlet said risked backlash from Trump allies on Capitol Hill and in Israel.
Shortly after the Axios story, Trump posted on Truth Social that «under our potential Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!»
The AP reported that Trump’s message «appeared to undercut a proposal that was offered» by his administration and that Witkoff and the president «have repeatedly offered inconsistent public messages about whether Iran would be allowed to retain the capacity to enrich uranium to lower levels for civilian purposes.»
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Despite previous media reporting that the Trump administration is open to allowing Iran to continue its uranium enrichment program, potentially allowing the development of Iranian nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump has taken a hardline stance on the issue, repeatedly saying he would not allow the country to develop any nuclear weapons. (Getty Images)
Trump, however, has consistently said that he would not, under any circumstances, allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.
Dating back to 2011, Trump has gone on the record voicing his belief that Iran should not have access to nuclear weapons over three dozen times.
As early as his 2011 book «Time to Get Tough,» Trump said: «America’s primary goal with Iran must be to destroy its nuclear ambitions. Let me put them as plainly as I know how: Iran’s nuclear program must be stopped by any and all means necessary. Period. We cannot allow this radical regime to acquire a nuclear weapon that they will either use or hand off to terrorists.»
He has also made clear his stance that Iran should not even be allowed to further develop nuclear arms, saying in a 2011 tweet that «Iran’s nuclear program must be stopped – by any and all means necessary.»
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In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
Then, after announcing his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump criticized President Barack Obama for negotiating «a disastrous deal with Iran,» saying, «Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and, under a Trump Administration, will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.»
Then again, in 2017, Trump was quoted by NPR saying, «We will deny the regime all paths to a nuclear weapon.»
On the 2024 campaign trail, Trump said repeatedly that nuclear ramping up is «the biggest risk we have.» In an interview with Patrick Bet-David «the real threat isn’t global warming. The real threat is — threat is nuclear warming.»
Referring to Iran, he said, «they’re very close to having a nuclear weapon,» and «I wanted Iran to be very successful. I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.»
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with nuclear scientists and personnel of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, June 11. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Reuters )
He also criticized former President Joe Biden, saying he «should never have allowed them to get this far. They’re way — they’re way advanced now.»
While campaigning, Trump was recorded at least 34 times saying Iran should have no way of developing nuclear weapons, a Fox News Digital review of video shows.
«They can’t have a nuclear weapon. And now, they’re very close to having one, and it’s very dangerous for the world, very dangerous for the world. I mean, the biggest — the biggest problem today, in my opinion, the biggest risk is the nuclear weapons, the weaponry. It’s so powerful today,» he said in a campaign rally in Milwaukee in October.
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Then-President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (Rick Scuteri)
«They’re financing Hamas, and they’re financing Hezbollah … they go around, saying, ‘Death to Israel. Death to America.’ And they chant it openly all over the place. Don’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. That’s my only thing I have to tell you today. Don’t let them have it,» he said at a campaign event in Clive, Iowa.
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Iran has repeatedly said it will not agree to a uranium enrichment ban, arguing it has the right to the process, which is also vital for nuclear energy. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Monday reiterated this point in a press conference from Egypt, and, according to the Tasnim News Agency, said he plans to respond to the U.S. proposal soon.
Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
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Brasil subastó cinco nuevos bloques petroleros en el Atlántico, a pocos días de la cumbre climática COP30

El gobierno de Brasil otorgó este miércoles los derechos de exploración de cinco bloques petroleros situados en aguas profundas del Atlántico, apenas dos días después de que la estatal Petrobras obtuviera licencia ambiental para iniciar perforaciones exploratorias marítimas cerca de la desembocadura del río Amazonas. La decisión reafirma el compromiso brasileño con la producción petrolera, una postura que genera controversia a menos de un mes de la conferencia climática COP30 de la ONU en la ciudad amazónica de Belém.
Las subastas, organizadas por la Agencia Nacional del Petróleo (ANP), se llevaron a cabo en Río de Janeiro y sumaron un total de 103,7 millones de reales (alrededor de 19,2 millones de dólares). De los siete bloques ofertados, cinco fueron adjudicados a grandes consorcios internacionales y nacionales, entre ellos la multinacional noruega Equinor y la china Cnooc. Estas áreas se localizan en el denominado presal, una reserva petrolera ubicada bajo una gruesa capa de sal en aguas ultraprofundas, donde se estima la existencia de yacimientos de alto potencial económico.
De las siete zonas ofrecidas en la subasta, las áreas de Jaspe, Citrino e Itaimbezinho fueron obtenidas respectivamente por un consorcio integrado por Petrobras (60%) y Equinor (40%), por Petrobras de forma individual, y por Equinor también de manera individual. Todas ellas se encuentran en la cuenca de Campos, frente al litoral del estado de Río de Janeiro.
En la cuenca de Santos, frente a las costas de San Pablo, la australiana Karoon se adjudicó el bloque de Esmeralda, mientras que un consorcio liderado por CNOOC (70%) y Sinopec (30%) obtuvo el área de Amatista. El resto de los bloques ofertados no atrajo el interés de las 15 empresas habilitadas para participar.
A diferencia de anteriores licitaciones, en esta ocasión no se otorgaron concesiones plenas, sino que las empresas ganadoras operarán en asociación con el Estado brasileño, que mantiene la propiedad de los derechos de exploración y producción. Para resultar seleccionadas, las compañías debieron ofrecer el mayor porcentaje de participación estatal en el excedente de producción de petróleo y gas.

La subasta formaba parte de una oferta inicial de 13 áreas, aunque las compañías solo mostraron interés por siete. De acuerdo con Artur Watt, director general de la ANP, “el mantenimiento de las actividades de exploración y producción es completamente compatible con la transición energética”. Watt defendió que este proceso debe acelerarse ajustando la demanda, sin restringir voluntariamente el suministro nacional, dado que “sería rápidamente cubierto por otros países en detrimento de los intereses nacionales”.
El lunes, Petrobras recibió la licencia ambiental del Instituto Brasileño del Medio Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables (Ibama) para perforar un pozo exploratorio en el bloque FZA-M-059, situado a 175 kilómetros de la costa del estado de Amapá, próximo a la frontera con Surinam. La estatal inició los trabajos el mismo día de la autorización, según informó en un comunicado. Este pozo no producirá petróleo durante la fase exploratoria y las tareas podrían extenderse hasta cinco meses.
El ministro de Energía, Alexandre Silveira, celebró la decisión y subrayó en sus redes sociales que “el Margen Ecuatorial representa el futuro de nuestra soberanía energética. Brasil no puede renunciar a conocer su potencial”. Silveira insistió en que la perforación se realizará bajo “los más altos estándares internacionales” y con “responsabilidad ambiental”.
No obstante, la explotación petrolera en la región ha suscitado críticas de organizaciones ambientalistas y comunidades indígenas, dadas la vulnerabilidad y “extrema sensibilidad” del ecosistema amazónico. La polémica aumenta en vísperas de la COP30, donde uno de los ejes clave de debate será la reducción gradual del uso de combustibles fósiles.
La Margen Ecuatorial, que se extiende desde la frontera con Surinam hasta el noreste del país, es señalada por analistas geológicos y la industria como una de las zonas más prometedoras de Brasil por sus similitudes con los descubrimientos de hidrocarburos realizados en Guyana. Durante la última década, la región ha sido objeto de exploración por parte de importantes compañías internacionales, como Chevron, ExxonMobil, Petrobras y la Corporación Nacional de Petróleo de China.
El gobierno de Lula da Silva argumenta que el crecimiento del sector es clave para financiar la transición energética y el desarrollo económico. En junio, el Ejecutivo subastó otros 19 bloques en alta mar, algunos en cercanías del Amazonas, reafirmando su determinación de expandir la actividad petrolera en el país pese a las restricciones impuestas por las demandas ambientales.
La exploración en aguas profundas bajo la capa de sal, así como en la denominada Margen Ecuatorial, plantea desafíos técnicos y ambientales, en especial por las fuertes corrientes oceánicas y la proximidad a zonas de alta biodiversidad. Petrobras señaló que el pozo exploratorio en el bloque FZA-M-059 forma parte de su estrategia para incrementar reservas y conocer el potencial petrolero brasileño, aunque aún no está previsto su desarrollo comercial inmediato.
(Con información de AFP, AP y EFE)
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Trump to host roundtable on efforts to thwart cartels, human trafficking operations

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Mexican Senator Lilly Téllez joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss growing tensions between President Trump and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. boosts its military presence in the region to target drug boats and cartels.
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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will host a roundtable at the White House Thursday afternoon with law enforcement and administration officials to discuss the successes of the Homeland Security Task Forces, which the president established on his first day in office to snuff out threats from criminal cartels in the U.S.
«The President’s Homeland Security Task Forces are a landmark achievement that highlight what the federal government can achieve with a leader like President Trump who is willing to slash red tape, increase coordination and put the safety of the American people first,» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital of the event.
«In a short period of time, the Trump Administration has removed lethal drugs, illegal weapons, dangerous foreign terrorists and cartel members from American communities,» she added. «The American people are safer today because of the HSTFs — and they’re just getting started.»
Trump established the creation of Homeland Security Task Forces Jan. 20 — his first day back in office — via executive order, «Protecting the American People from Invasion.» The executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil.
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President Donald Trump is slated to hold a roundtable with administration officials to discuss updates on the Homeland Security Task Forces. ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The executive order specifically directed the task forces to «end the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks, end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States.»
On Thursday, administration officials will join Trump to provide updates on the task forces’ efforts.
The roundtable will be joined by Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Noem, Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News Digital learned.
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A January executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi, here, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital learned that the task forces nationwide became fully operational at the end of August and have yielded thousands of arrests, and the removal of dangerous drugs and illegal firearms from U.S. streets.
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More than 3,000 foreign terrorists and cartel members were arrested as part of the task forces’ operations, including members of notoriously dangerous gangs such as the Sinaloa Cartel, MS-13 and Cartel Jalisco Nuevo Genaracion, Fox News Digital learned.

President Donald Trump will host a roundtable at the White House Oct. 23, 2025, with law enforcement and administration officials, like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)
The task forces also have recovered two million fentanyl pills and seven tons of other deadly narcotics, seized $3 million in currency and removed more than 1,000 illegal guns from U.S. communities.
Trump campaigned, in part, on removing violent illegal immigrants and crime from U.S. communities, spotlighting the efforts in his address before Congress back in March 2025.
«The territory to the immediate south of our border is now dominated entirely by criminal cartels that murder, rape, torture and exercise total control. They have total control over a whole nation. posing a grave threat to our national security,» Trump said at the time. «The cartels are waging war in America, and it’s time for America to wage war on the cartels.»
The roundtable comes as the U.S. military carries out strikes on suspected drug cartel vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The strikes began in September and are part of Trump’s broader effort to dismantle transnational cartels by force.
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Trump held a similar roundtable at the White House earlier in October, inviting independent journalists who have experienced Antifa’s violence firsthand to speak about their experiences as the administration targets the left-wing group’s protests outside immigration facilities and recently designating it a «domestic terrorist organization.»
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