Conflict · Military
Trump weighs new Iran strikes while insisting talks continue
Hilal Saki · Middle East Eye
Published 16 Oct 2026, 1:46 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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Trump weighs new Iran strikes while insisting talks continue US President Donald Trump has said he is weighing fresh strikes on Iran without nuclear weapons or ground troops, while insisting negotiations with Tehran were under way. Asked on Newsmax’s “Finnerty” on Thursday about reports he is considering the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, the “mother of all bombs”, possibly after the 3 November midterms, Trump said it is “not nuclear at all”. He called it “just an extremely large bomb”. CNN reported that the US military has drawn up plans to use the roughly 21,600-pound MOAB…
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