US President Donald Trump appeared on this month's cover of TIME magazine, becoming the name that has appeared on the cover of the magazine the most so far.
Addressing the issue of Iran in his interview with the magazine, Trump claimed that by striking Iran, they weakened and stopped the country.
Trump said, "Iran has lost everything. They want to make a deal. I want a real deal, too."
When asked if they thought that Iran would respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz when they attacked Iran, he said: "They always had a threat and it worked for a while, but we basically eliminated this threat."
When asked if he had made the statement last week, "We will eliminate Iran," Trump said, "Yes, I will do that, it is possible."
"How can someone who calls himself a president of peace say that he can destroy a people?" When asked, Trump replied, "Because we brought peace to the world by eliminating Iran. I do not think peace is possible in the presence of Iran."
Asked why he rejected Iran's ceasefire offer, Trump said, "They made an offer to open the Strait of Hormuz. You saw some aspects of this offer, not all of it. It was not enough at all."
When asked whether the USA would increase its attacks on Iran after the midterm elections to be held on November 3 in the USA, Trump replied, "This is possible."
Trump denied the claims in the press that "the USA is running out of ammunition" and said, "Some types of ammunition are at a slightly lower level than others. In addition, we also have middle and upper-middle class ammunition options that are quite powerful and have reached their highest power ever."
ISRAEL
Stating that he heard the news for the first time that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned before the October 7, 2023 attacks, Trump commented, "I don't think it was like that. If he had known, he would have done something about it. At least he would have alerted people."
Asked whether he would support Netanyahu in the upcoming elections in Israel, Trump said, "I can say that I am not interested in politics anymore, I can only say that we are popular."
When the question was repeated, Trump said, "No, my priority is to help them defend Israel."
Asked what he would do if Netanyahu's rival Gadi Eisenkot wins the elections, Trump said, "I haven't heard bad things about him."
Trump said about Eisenkot: "People have disregarded Bibi many times, just as they have disregarded me many times. If it were me, I would not underestimate Bibi."
Trump also claimed that he was very popular in Israel and said, "They love me 99 percent of the time."
SAUDI ARABIA
When reminded that he did not protect Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, Trump said, "Our relationship with them is very good. I did a lot for Saudi Arabia. I protected them. If I were not president, Saudi Arabia would not exist now. It would be erased from the planet."
Trump stated that he now uses the definition of "super intelligence" when talking about artificial intelligence, and emphasized that Chinese President Xi Jinping also agrees with this definition.
Describing the artificial intelligence sector as "a new industrial revolution", Trump noted that the economic potential of the sector is quite high.
Stating that they also discussed artificial intelligence in his meeting with Xi, Trump argued that the USA is ahead of China in the field of artificial intelligence and underlined that he does not want to slow down his country's progress in this field.
Emphasizing that he supports the spread of data centers in the USA, Trump argued that cities that do not accept these facilities will miss economic opportunities.
Trump said that data centers provide income and employment to local economies, and that he is disturbed by American technology companies making large infrastructure investments outside the country.
Claiming that European countries are trying to withdraw data center investments from the USA, Trump said, "I am not happy with this," citing Google's large facility in Finland as an example.
Making evaluations about industry leaders, Trump shared his opinion about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "I love Sam Altman. He is smart. Dario is smart too. They are all smart. We work with people with very high IQ levels. Very, very high. This is a good thing."
"I also have one of the highest IQs," Trump said.
MID-METER ELECTIONS
When asked about the situation of the Republicans in the midterm elections to be held in November, Trump stated that he thought his party would get a good result if they participated in the election campaigns.
In case the Republicans lose control of the House of Representatives, Trump emphasized that the Democrats could attack him in such a situation and that he would respond to them.
Trump argued that his presidential performance was not appreciated and that the polls showing that Republicans were behind in the elections did not reflect the truth.
