US President Donald Trump has said he sees no reason to escalate the ongoing war with Iran further. He made the remarks in a special interview with CBS News, his first since his party’s defeat in the elections.
Trump said voters did not like the war with Iran, and that rising fuel prices had also turned them against it. Surprisingly, he added, there is also widespread hostility towards Israel among the public.
Expressing confidence in Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump said: “We have won two wars.”
Asked about stepping up military operations against Iran, he said: “I don’t want to escalate further. They have nothing. The nuclear material is buried under thousands of tonnes of rock.”
On Pickaxe Mountain, an alleged Iranian nuclear site, Trump said there had been “very little activity” there, but claimed that an operation could be carried out within an hour if needed. “There is no need to strike Pickaxe right now. But if needed, we can do it within an hour,” he said.
Trump also claimed that the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway, remains open. “Ships are moving,” he said.
Asked about the cost of US Navy escorts for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said the countries the United States had protected must pay all the costs of the war.
“Without us those countries would not exist. Without us Israel would not exist either,” he said.
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