Cornyn to Trump Admin: Hold the Line on Ending Iran’s Nuclear Program

Cornyn to Trump Admin: Hold the Line on Ending Iran’s Nuclear Program News Cornyn to Trump Admin: Hold the Line on Ending Iran’s Nuclear Program June 3, 2026 You can't have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. There's a lot of pressure on President Trump and this administration to end the conflict as soon as possible on any terms, but that would be a serious mistake. I hope President Trump will stay strong in pursuit of these objectives, and if the Iranian regime will not yet agree to those in a verifiable manner, then I hope the President will use his authority as Commander-in-Chief to do so and force them to the negotiating table. WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his support of President Trump’s decisive actions in Operation Epic Fury and urged the administration to stay the course in order to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, demonstrate peace through strength, and make Americans and American interests around the world safer. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here . “The President has made very clear that he does not [want] Iran to ever get a nuclear weapon, and in a normal world, you would think there would be unanimous agreement among Republicans and Democrats. Well, I agree with President Trump’s position, and I hope we stay the course and complete the job that we started.” “You can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. That remains our ultimate objective: peace. But if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, we will not have peace. We will have a ticking nuclear time bomb.” “We should always hope that there could be productive negotiations and a ceasefire, but it has to be verifiable, and we have to achieve the goals that the President has set out for us, and we can’t back off of that without badly botching the leverage that we have now to accomplish these goals.” “If the United States were to give Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for reopening the Strait, there’s no doubt the money would be put to nefarious purposes.” “We have to make sure the job is finished in such a way that will provide for a lasting resolution and a lasting peace. I know there’s a lot of pressure on President Trump and this administration to end the conflict as soon as possible on any terms, but that would be a serious mistake.” “I hope President Trump will stay strong in pursuit of these objectives, and if the Iranian regime will not yet agree to those in a verifiable manner, then I hope the president will use his authority as Commander-in-Chief to do so and force them to the negotiating table on terms that we insist on, not what they demand.”