Meet the Press NOW — June 18
Meet the Press
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🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Wednesday, President Trump suggests he has not made a final decision on a U.S. strike on Iran, |
| 0:08.2 | saying Iran was just a few weeks away from having a nuclear weapon amid an intensifying conflict |
| 0:14.0 | between Israel and Iran and warnings of an all-out war. |
| 0:18.1 | Plus, a major setback for transgender rights advocates as Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee |
| 0:23.2 | ban on transgender health care for minors in a ruling that is likely to have broad impact |
| 0:28.4 | all across the country. And the Fed holds interest rates steady for now, just hours after |
| 0:34.0 | President Trump unloaded on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, calling him a, |
| 0:38.6 | quote, stupid person who refuses to lower rates. |
| 0:53.6 | Welcome to meet the press now. |
| 0:55.1 | I am Kristen Welker in Washington with the Middle East and much of the world again on edge. |
| 0:59.7 | As President Trump publicly weighs a U.S. strike on Iran to take out its nuclear program |
| 1:04.6 | after calling for Tehran's, quote, unconditional surrender. |
| 1:08.5 | Just moments ago, the president spoke to reporters in the Oval Office |
| 1:11.4 | about the possibility of the U.S. getting directly involved after senior administration officials |
| 1:17.4 | told NBC News, quote, all options remain on the table. |
| 1:22.2 | I have ideas as to what to do, but I haven't made a final. I like to make the final decision |
| 1:26.6 | one second before it's doing, you know, because things change. I mean, especially with war, things change with war. It can go from one extreme to the other. What's your message to Americans both here and abroad who are not only concerned about the U.S. potentially getting involved in another conflict in the Middle East, but worry about the potential for retaliation |
| 1:44.5 | here at home. Yeah. Well, I don't want to get involved either, but I've been saying for 20 years, |
| 1:49.2 | maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I've been saying it for a long time. |
| 1:54.2 | And I think they were a few weeks away from having one. |
| 1:57.8 | The president also saying that he was about to huddle with advisors in the situation room. |
| 2:02.4 | And here's more from the president. |
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