Trump says prefers to solve Iran confrontation via diplomacy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he prefers to solve Iran confrontation through diplomacy.

"We are in negotiations with them. They want to make a deal, but we haven't heard those secret words, 'We will never have a nuclear weapon,'" Trump said when delivering the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, DC.