President cancels overseas meeting, says “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon”

The president said he canceled a planned overseas meeting, citing lengthy travel and what he described as an inadequate document, and said he would handle further diplomacy by phone. "We have all the cards," he told reporters, adding that "they can call us anytime they want."

The president praised Pakistani leadership, calling the "field marshal" and the prime minister "fantastic," and noted Iran's foreign minister had been in Pakistan the previous night. Asked why he canceled the trip, he said the decision was driven largely by logistics: "Too much travel ... takes too long, too expensive. I'm a very cost conscious person."

On questions about Iran and a ceasefire, the president said, "They will not have a nuclear weapon" and later said plainly, "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon." He declined to commit to a decades-long suspension of enriched uranium or a long-term ceasefire when asked, saying he "haven't even thought about it."

The president also told reporters he received a revised document shortly after cancelling the trip: "immediately, when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better." He said the revised paper addressed some concerns but reiterated the administration would "deal by telephone."

No formal diplomatic agreement or change in U.S. policy was announced during the session. The president's comments reflect current administration skepticism about lengthy travel for preliminary meetings and signal a preference for handling sensitive negotiations through smaller delegations or remote discussions.