VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-11-02
“hasn't made a decision...what the president expresses to you is incredible confidence that if we needed to do something militarily, we would have the ability to do it, and we really we have everything we need to be successful. But we would prefer to do it peacefully,”
Marco Rubio · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Rubio said Trump prefers to resolve the Iranian war diplomatically and has not yet made a decision on military force.
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