Franco Ordonez

Trump gave shout-outs to all three Republicans during his speech, but he stopped short of endorsing one in the race.

On his way to Texas, Trump told reporters that U.S.

officials may have more talks on Iran today.

Trump has repeatedly threatened military strikes if Iran doesn't agree to a deal that ends their nuclear capabilities.

The U.S.

has amassed a large military presence in the Middle East as negotiations continue.

Trump says he doesn't want to use military force on Iran, but that, quote, sometimes you have to.

Asked about the risk of a long, drawn-out conflict, Trump said, I guess you could say there's always a risk.

Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

I'm Frank Ordonez.

I cover the White House.

Well, I mean, Trump says they want a lot of stuff.

I mean, they've talked about no nuclear missiles.

They've talked about stopping the ballistic program.

They've talked about no proxy militant groups or support for those proxy militant groups.

Some people think regime change, but what they haven't been clear about is what they would accept in any kind of specific deal.

And Trump really has not explained his objectives to the American people.

He has not asked for any kind of special authorization from Congress.

And he really had a big chance to do that at the State of the Union.

But he kind of just kind of meshed up all these points together without laying out any kind of specifics about why this may be necessary at this moment in time.