It was an unacceptable proposal.

A lot of people say, “Does he have a plan?”

Of course I do have a plan. I have the best plan ever.

How stupid are they? Are they stupid people? They think that, well, I will get tired of this, I will get bored, I will have some pressure.

There is no pressure at all. We will have a complete victory. We already, in theory, have a complete victory from a military standpoint.

They killed numerous people over the last week, but they killed 42,000 people a month and a half ago — they were unarmed protesters.

Iran told me very strongly, "You are getting the nuclear dust, but you're going to have to take it out because the site was so obliterated that there's only one or two countries in the world that could get it."

They said, "You and China are the only ones that can take it out."

There are the moderates and the lunatics in Iran.

I think the moderates are more respected. The lunatics want to fight to the end. It will be a very quick fight.

We have lunatics in our country too. The moderates are dying to make a deal, and then you have the lunatics... and I guess they're a little bit afraid of the lunatics.

The Kurds take, take, take. They have a great reputation in Congress. Congress says, "Oh, they fight so hard." They fight hard when they get paid.

I am very disappointed in the Kurds. I said it wasn't going to work, by the way.

I disagreed with what they did. They gave it. I said, "They'll never get there." And I was right. I like to be right. In this case, too bad.

We sent some guns with ammunition [destined for Iranian protesters], and they were supposed to be delivered, but they kept it.

The ceasefire is unbelievably weak — after reading that piece of garbage they sent us (Iran's latest response), I didn't even finish reading it.

I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support.

I deal with them. I say it to them: “You people are crazy. You are crazy. You are nuts. You're not having a nuclear weapon.”

They know how I feel.

Nobody thought Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the UAE were going to get hit, or Kuwait, or Bahrain.

It was a tremendous strategic mistake, and they wasted those missiles. We have the Patriots that knocked them down every time.

This one is much harder to catch, and it’s been around for a long time. It's been around for a long time. People are very familiar with it.

I hope it’s fine.

I think it's very possible to reach a deal.

Look, I've had to deal with them four or five times. They change their mind. They're very dishonorable people, the leadership.

These people — you make a deal, and then the next day they send you a document that takes five days to get there when it should have been there in 20 minutes, you know, it's a pretty simple document.

Taiwan — If you have the right president, I don't think it'll happen. I think we'll be fine.

I have a very good relationship with President Xi. He knows I don't want that to happen. Very far away — we're just at 9,500 miles. Xi is 67 miles away.

There's a lot of support for Taiwan from Japan and from countries from that area.

Two U.S. officials said Trump is leaning toward action to increase pressure on Tehran. “He will tune them up a bit,” one official said, while another added: “I think we all know where this is going.”

Officials added that they don't think Trump would order military action against Iran before he returns from China.

Executives expected to join the delegation include Elon Musk of Tesla, Tim Cook of Apple, and Kelly Ortberg of Boeing, along with David Solomon, Stephen Schwarzman, Larry Fink, Jane Fraser, and Dina Powell McCormick.

Trump’s hopes to secure new business deals and purchase agreements with Beijing during the visit.