Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper breaking news President Trump just moments ago saying

that it looks like Iran is responsible for the coordinated attack on Saudi

Arabian oil fields over the weekend but that he does hope to avoid war.

However, he also said this.

Not looking to get into new conflict, but sometimes you have to.

President Trump also warning that the U.S. is more prepared for conflict than any other nation in the world.

CNN's Pamela Brown is at the White House for us.

And Pamela, the president's saying that it looks like Iran is behind this

attack he did not say it definitively did he offer any evidence any proof

he did not offer any proof jake and it is notable that while he did imply that Iran

was behind the attack on the Saudi oil facilities he said several times that

it looks like Iran but he wouldn't blame Iran squarely he said that it's

still being checked out that will know definitively soon at one point a

reporter said to him well you're you're placing the responsibility in Iran and he came back

and said no I'm not saying that I'm just saying it looks that way it could be

Iran but we'll have to wait and see for sure once it's verified through

checking this out now that is notable because Jake his own

Secretary of State tweeted that it was Iran that launched the attack on the

Saudi oil facility so clearly the president trying to hedge here choosing his words carefully and he also says that no he doesn't want to go to war with Iran

But then touted the US military prowess saying that the US has the best weapons system and he went on to list pro happened in Saudi Arabia. And so he did sort of put out this thinly veiled threat

that the US could respond, although he did say he does not want to go to war with

Iran. Now as you know the president had tweeted that the US is locked and loaded

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