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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump calls for Republicans to be ‘united’ on abortion Tlaib calls on Amash to join impeachment resolution Facebook temporarily suspended conservative commentator Candace Owens MORE said in a Sunday night Fox News interview that he doesn’t want to go to war with Iran but emphasized he will never allow the nation to develop nuclear weapons.

“I will not let Iran have nuclear weapons,” Trump told Fox News host Steve Hilton. “I don’t want to fight. But you do have situations like Iran, you can’t let them have nuclear weapons — you just can’t let that happen.”

Trump has reportedly grown frustrated with the hardline approach toward Tehran taken by national security adviser John BoltonJohn Robert BoltonOvernight Defense: Trump rails against media coverage | Calls reporting on Iran tensions ‘highly inaccurate’ | GOP senator blocking Trump pick for Turkey ambassador | Defense bill markup next week Trump: Anonymous news sources are ‘bulls—‘ Trump to Iran: ‘So call me maybe’ MORE and Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoUS warns airlines about flying over Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions Trump: Anonymous news sources are ‘bulls—‘ Iranian official: Trump ‘holding a gun’ while pursuing talks MORE and wishes to negotiate directly with Iranian leaders, but escalated his own rhetoric earlier Sunday afternoon, warning that a military engagement would mean “the official end of Iran.”

Tensions have risen between the two countries in recent weeks, with Bolton announcing a carrier group would be deployed to the Persian Gulf in response to unspecified acts of aggression by Iran, while Iran announced it will scale back some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal on the anniversary of Trump’s announcement the U.S. would withdraw from the deal entirely.

“I ended the Iran nuclear deal, and actually, I must tell you — I had no idea it was going to be as strong as it was. It totally — the country is devastated from the standpoint of the economy,” Trump said Sunday.