Trump said: "There will be no negotiations, something will happen very soon"; Then he boarded a plane

“We are not negotiating with Iran. Something will happen one way or another, fairly soon,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, The Times of Israel reported.

He added that most people believe it will happen after the U.S. midterm elections.

Trump’s remarks came after The New York Times reported that the United States and Israel had drawn up plans to resume military strikes against Iran following the elections scheduled for November 3.

Media reports: New attack in the works

The United States and Israel are preparing plans for new strikes against Iran following the U.S. midterm elections, with potential targets including Iranian nuclear facilities, energy infrastructure, and the country’s arsenal of missiles and drones, U.S. officials and other sources familiar with the planning told The New York Times.

U.S. and Israeli forces have intensified military exercises, including flights over Iraq to rehearse attack maneuvers.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel this week to discuss a possible new operation.

Some U.S. officials believe that an intensive three-day campaign could inflict enough economic damage on Iran to force it to make diplomatic concessions.

However, there are doubts that new strikes would be more successful than the previous phase of the conflict, whose consequences included rising energy prices and inflation, a deterioration in security across the Middle East, and the depletion of U.S. stocks of missile interceptors.

According to sources familiar with the planning, potential targets also include Iran's deeply buried nuclear facility known as “Pickaxe Mountain.”

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Trump has said he is considering using the MOAB bomb, which weighs approximately 10,000 kilograms, but experts warn that it would probably be unable to destroy a facility buried deep beneath granite.

Military officials have also pointed to the vulnerability of the MC-130 transport aircraft that would be required to deliver the bomb.

Nevertheless, it remains uncertain whether new strikes will take place, The New York Times noted.

Some officials believe that refineries and oil infrastructure could be excluded from the list of targets to prevent a further increase in fuel prices.

At the same time, there are concerns that a renewed conflict could escalate into a wider regional war.

The U.S. State Department has ordered some government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, while the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis continue to launch attacks on targets in the country.

Iranian officials have warned that, in the event of further strikes, they would expand their list of targets to include commercial vessels, energy infrastructure, data centers, and undersea internet cables.

Tehran-based political analyst Pejman Salehi said that Iran's retaliation could target major Saudi oil refineries, including facilities operated by Aramco, potentially driving up oil and energy prices.

Elections in Israel, scheduled for October 27, could further complicate the plans.

According to analysts, a potential defeat for Netanyahu would make launching a war more difficult. However, the Israeli prime minister could use the prospect of a joint attack with the United States as leverage to pressure political rivals into supporting a national unity government.

Meanwhile, Iranian officials claim they have prepared new targets and tactics in the event of an attack. Mahdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser to Iran’s chief negotiator, dismissed as “fantasy” the possibility that the United States could complete a new wave of strikes within 72 hours, stating that Iran would decide when the war ends.