STORY: President Donald Trump on Thursday (March 5) said Tehran was reaching out to the United States about making a deal amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

"They're calling, they're saying 'how do we make a deal?' I said you're being a little bit late," said Trump, speaking at an event with the Inter Miami soccer team at the White House.

Trump touted the U.S. military actions in Iran, saying they were destroying Tehran's missile and drone capability and that "their navy is gone - 24 ships in three days," as he called on Iranian diplomats to request asylum and help shape a better country.

"We also urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a new and better Iran," he said.

Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York declined to comment.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN.

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SHOWS: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 5, 2026) (U.S. NETWORK POOL- No use USA)

1. PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING AT EVENT HONORING INTER MIAMI SOCCER TEAM

2. CUTAWAY OF TRUMP SPEAKING

3.(SOUNDBITE)(English) PRESIDENT TRUMP, SPEAKING ON IRAN, SAYING:

"The United States military, together with the wonderful Israeli partners, continues to totally demolish the enemy far ahead of schedule. And at levels that people have never seen before, actually. We're destroying more of Iran's missiles and drone capability every single hour, knocking them out like nobody thought was possible. As soon as they set off a missile, within four minutes, the launcher gets hit. They don't know what's happening. But we have the greatest military anywhere in the world. Their Navy is gone. Twenty-four ships in three days. That's a lot of ships. Their anti-aircraft weapons are gone so they have no Air Force. They have no air defense. All of their airplanes are gone, their communications are gone missiles are gone, launches are gone about 60 percent and 64 percent, respectively. Other than that, they're doing quite well. They say, what's left? But they're tough, and they want to fight and they're calling. They're saying, how do we make a deal? I said, you're being a little bit late. And now we want to fight more than they do."

4. WIDE VIEW OF TRUMP EVENT

5.(SOUNDBITE)(English) PRESIDENT TRUMP, SPEAKING ON IRAN, SAYING:

"And I'm once again calling on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military, and the police to lay down their arms. They're only going to be killed. And now is the time to stand up for the Iranian people and help take back your country. You're going to have a chance, after all these years, to take back your country, accept immunity. We'll give you immunity. And we'll be... giving you, really, the right side of history, because that's what it is. So you'll be perfectly safe with total immunity, or you'll face absolutely guaranteed death. And I don't want to see that. They don't want to see it either. We also urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a new and better Iran, with great potential. It's a country with great potentials, much better future. For Iran, it's now beginning. It's going to be, I think, a great future. And the United States will ensure that whoever leads the country next, Iran will not threaten America or its neighbors, Israel, anybody. If you look at what happened, they had missiles aimed at all of these other countries — Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, many others that weren't really involved very much. And they had missiles aimed — well, they were aimed there long before this ever started. They were going after the entire Middle East. And then we came along, we blew up their party."

6. CUTAWAY OF TRUMP SPEAKING AT EVENT