Steve Witkoff is sworn in as special envoy by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House with President Donald Trump Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
"As a businessman, he's admired and respected by all, and now Steve is putting his talents to work for America's special envoy to the United States and making a lot of progress. Our country is blessed to have a negotiator of such skill and experience who really selflessly steps up to the plate, puts himself forward all the time," the president said.
Trump did note there was somewhat of a learning curve for Witkoff when it came to foreign government relations but said he has been "figuring it out" at a lightning pace.
"It takes him about an hour to figure it out," Trump said. "After that, he's brutal. He does a great job."
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President Donald Trump speaks before Steve Witkoff is sworn in as a special envoy during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein))
Trump also commented on Iran and its potential development of nuclear weaponry. The president said definitively that "they're not going to have a nuclear weapon."
"This is really crunch time. I would tell you, for Iran and for their country, this is a very important time for Iran. This is the most important time in the history of Iran, for Iran, and I hope they do what's right," Trump told reporters.
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"I'd love to see a peace deal, a strong peace deal. … We want it to be a successful country," he added. "We don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that. But they can't have a nuclear weapon. And if they choose to go a different route, it's going to be a very sad thing. And it's something we don't want to have to do, but we have no choice."
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