President Donald Trump on Friday discussed the prospect of renewed military action against Iran, highlighting that military personnel had devised strategies to force Tehran to the negotiating table if they failed to reach an agreement.

"There are options. Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever or do we want to try and make a deal?" he told reporters. "On a human basis, I'd prefer not. But that's the options."

He further sounded an optimistic tone on the prospects of winding down the conflict and criticized his opponents in Congress who sought to require authorization for continued strikes.

"We're on our way to another victory—a big victory—and I don't think that it's Constitutional what they're asking for. These are not patriotic people that are asking," he said. 

Trump further indicated that the Iranians wanted to make a deal to end the war, but that they suffered from a leadership crisis that made finalizing terms difficult.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.