President Trump is downplaying the likelihood of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites,

but he's also warning Americans in the region to leave, citing the risk of conflict.

His comments follow a vote by the UN nuclear watchdog, declaring Iran in violation of its nonproliferation commitments.

Here's what the president said earlier today.

Well, I don't want to say eminent, but it looks like it's something that could very well happen.

Look, it's very simple, not complicated. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Other than that,

I want them to be successful. I want them to be tremendous. We'll help them be successful. We'll

trade with them. We'll do whatever is necessary.

I want to have an agreement with Iran. We're fairly close to an agreement. As long as I think there is an agreement, I don't want them going in because I think I would blow it.

It might help it, actually, but it also could blow it. There's a chance of massive conflict. We have a lot of American people in this

area. And I said, we got to tell them to get out because something could happen soon.

For insight, we turn now to David Sanger, New York Times White House and National Security correspondent.

Thank you for being with us. So based on your reporting, what indicators point to this being a near-term decision

for Israel? And what should we make of the contradictory signals coming from the White House?

Well, thanks for having me on. So the Israelis have been threatening for months now to take

military action because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes this is a unique

moment of vulnerability for the Iranians. Israel knocked out many of their air defenses back

in October during those missile exchanges, you may recall. Obviously, Hamas and Hezbollah

are no longer in a position to respond to any kind of attack on Iran by taking it out on Israel.

So the position that the Israeli government has taken is you'll never have a chance like this again and that the Iranians will rebuild.

President Trump has been saying, look, let's give diplomacy one last chance here.

And his special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, turned in a proposal to the Iranians a few weeks

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