Speaking to Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham, Trump said that he would have attacked Iran despite the impact on the midterm elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has no regrets about starting the Iran war and added that "If I had it to do again, I would do exactly what I did."
Speaking to Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham on Thursday stateside, Trump said that he would have attacked Iran despite the impact on the midterm elections.
"If we hadn't done Iran, you would be cruising to midterms victory right now," Ingraham told Trump, to which Trump replied "supposing we were cruising, and all of a sudden Iran has a nuclear weapon. They would use it."
He added that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, the Islamic Republic would "wipe out" Israel and the Middle East, and start hitting U.S. cities.
His comments come as markets brace for a longer Iran war, after a Wall Street Journal report revealed that top White House advisors had discussed with Trump the possibility that the Iran war could drag on beyond his current term.
Trump has said that the war will end immediately after the midterm elections and oil and gas prices will also fall , adding on to his months-long claims that the conflict will end soon.
In separate comments to NewsNation on Thursday, Trump denied reports that there was any damage to U.S. assets, after Iran claimed it had damaged multiple U.S. fighter aircraft at a base in Jordan.
"No damage. No nothing," Trump said, when asked if there was any truth to the reports.
Washington is continuing efforts to isolate Iran from its economic network, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flagging sanctions against "a large bank" next week.
"We're going to do it on Monday because we want to honor the memory of our fallen citizens on 9/11. But watch this space on Monday."
Bessent said that the administration has sanctioned and closed the Dubai branches of the second largest bank in Egypt, claiming that the bank had given the Iran $1.8 billion dollars. The "largest Turkish bank" that had been giving to the Iranians was also sanctioned, although Bessent did not specify which bank were these.
Trump, in the NewsNation interview, was also asked how Iran could continue holding out under the current economic pressure.
"I don't know that they're gonna be able to hold out," Trump said. "But it'll get settled after the elections. Or maybe sooner. But it'll get settled right after the election."
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