Trump enriched – President Donald Trump says Iran’s enriched uranium could be turned over to the U.S. or—preferably—destroyed in place or at another acceptable location with Atomic Energy Commission oversight, a framing that signals a shift in how the U.S. wants to handle a lo
President Donald Trump has put his preferred endgame on Iran’s enriched uranium in plain terms: not just taking it away, but—if possible—destroying it “in place.”
In a post on his social media platform. Trump described two options for the material he called “The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!).” The first. he said. is immediate turnover to the United States to be brought home and destroyed. The second is “preferably” handled in coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran. with the Atomic Energy Commission—or its equivalent—being witness. either to the process “in place” or “at another acceptable location.”.
The line matters because it reorders what the U.S. has been pushing for. Trump has long demanded that Iran hand over its enriched uranium to the United States as a sticking point of any potential deal.
In April, Trump described the deal’s terms with a hard boundary around payment. He said, “The U.S.A. will get all Nuclear ‘Dust. ‘ created by our great B2 Bombers – No money will exchange hands in any way. shape. or form.” Last week. he said obtaining the enriched uranium was important for the U.S. “psychologically.”.
Trump has also repeatedly insisted that Iran has admitted to him that only the U.S. has the capability to uncover and obtain the so-called “nuclear dust.”
Taken together. the new phrasing lands like a shift in emphasis—from the certainty of taking the material to the flexibility of destroying it under oversight. The recurring demand for U.S. control remains embedded in earlier comments. but the “in conjunction and coordination” language signals a different route to the same destination.
The next question is what “another acceptable location” could mean in practice, and how far the U.S. would go to keep the Atomic Energy Commission. or its equivalent. present as witness—without abandoning the insistence that the U.S. should have a central role in obtaining the material in the first place.
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