'No, I wouldn't use it': Donald Trump rules out nuclear strike on Iran, says 'should never be used by anybody'

US President Donald Trump on Thursday, April 23 ruled out the use of nuclear weapons in the war with Iran. Speaking to reporters, Trump said that nuclear weapons were unnecessary because the U.S. had "decimated" Iran with conventional arms.

"No, I wouldn't use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody," Trump said when asked by a reporter at the White House.

The US President also said he was ‌in no rush to reach a peace agreement ​and wanted it to be "everlasting," while continuing to assert that the U.S. had a clear upper hand in the naval stand-off in the Strait. "Don't rush me," he said when asked how long ‌he was willing to wait for a long-term peace deal. "I want to make the best deal ... I want to have it ‌everlasting," he said.

A day after Iran flaunted its tightened grip over the key shipping corridor, Trump dismissed the threat posed by Iran's "little wise-guy ships" and said he believed Tehran was hamstrung from making a deal because its leadership was in turmoil.

On Thursday, he said the U.S. Navy has orders to "shoot and kill" ​Iranian boats laying mines in the strait ⁠and the U.S. could knock out in a day any refurbishing of weapons that Iran may have made during a ceasefire in place since April 8. But navigation in the passage remained effectively blocked, and the Iranian capture of two huge cargo ships was a reminder that the U.S. struggles to keep control of the strait and Tehran continued to cause trouble for oil ⁠markets and pose major strains ‌to the global economy. The U.S. has maintained a blockade