Trump says of possible war with Iran ‘anything can happen,’ vows to leverage U.S. support for Ukraine for peace
President-elect Donald Trump isn't ruling out the possibility of a war against Iran during his second term, saying in a recent interview that "anything can happen."
President-elect Donald Trump isn't ruling out the possibility of a war against Iran during his second term, saying in a recent interview that "anything can happen."
Trump sat for a 65-minute interview with TIME magazine, which has named him its "Person of the Year," and was asked about the chances of a war with Iran under his new administration, eliciting the response after a pause, the magazine said.
The president-elect was targeted by Iranians in an assassination plot during the presidential campaign, the magazine noted, and the Iranian regime has been weakened by the conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza and now the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's leadership in Syria.
While Trump didn't take war with Iran off the table, he made clear that he wants the wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas to end. He told TIME that the situation in the Middle East is "an easier problem to handle than what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine."
“The numbers of dead young soldiers lying on fields all over the place are staggering. It’s crazy what’s taking place," said Trump, who criticized Kyiv's firing of U.S.-made missiles into Russian territory in November after President Joe Biden eased restrictions on their use.
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