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Article snippet: MORE in an interview broadcast Sunday expressed willingness to speak with Iranian officials without preconditions while warning of the consequences of war. "I'm not looking for war, and if there is, it'll be obliteration like you've never seen before. But I'm not looking to do that. But you can't have a nuclear weapon," Trump told NBC’s MORE “absolutely a hawk” and said he wanted “hawks” and “doves” equally represented in his administration. “If it was up to [Bolton], he'd take on the whole world at one time, OK? But that doesn't matter because I want both sides,” Trump told Todd. Trump reportedly ordered and then canceled a retaliatory strike on Iran last week in response to Iran shooting down an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone it claimed was in Iranian airspace. Trump has claimed he canceled the strike after being told it would likely kill 150 people. The canceled strike follows months of mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran, including attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman that the U.S. blamed on Iran. Iran denied responsibility. This report was updated at 1:28 p.m. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. Link to the full article to read more