Caroline Leavitt

Some of them, the crowds are so big that some of them have had really like were stomped on.

Literally, it was it was terrible.

The crowds are just they're massive.

the enthusiasm to overturn that regime is incredible but uh there's been people killed but it's more from death by it's literally stomping it's it's uh people running in a certain direction so we'll see what happens we'll see what happens they know though that it's a stampede is i guess the best word they have like a stampede you talk about stampede for cattle

But the people are stampeding, and you're losing a lot of people with the stampedes.

There's so many people protesting.

Nobody's ever seen anything like what's happening right now.

But I have put a random notice that if they start shooting at them,

These people are totally unarmed people.

And they love their country.

They want something to happen.

Look at their country.

They've gone back 150 years.

But I've told them that if they do anything bad to these people, we're going to hit them very hard.

One thing President Trump is very good at is always keeping all of his options on the table.

And airstrikes would be one of the many, many options that are on the table for the commander in chief.

Diplomacy is always the first option for the president.

Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt tells Fox News that while, quote, diplomacy is the first option, the president is willing to go much further.

Iran has threatened to take action against Israel and the U.S., but Leavitt later confirmed to reporters that an Iranian government official has reached out to Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.