What Trump said about Iran on Mondaypublished at 06:00 GMT
Trump says Iran war will be over 'very soon', but not this week
From interviewing with several news outlets to speaking at a Republican conference to delivering a formal press briefing, Trump made several comments Monday about the US war with Iran.
Here is a timeline of Trump's remarks throughout yesterday:
- He told CBS News "I think the war is very complete, pretty much", and said the US was "very far ahead of schedule"
- Speaking to NBC, he left open the prospect of acquiring Iranian oil, saying "certainly people have talked about it"
- In an interview with the New York Post, he said the administration was "nowhere near" making a decision on whether to order US troops into Iran
- Speaking to Republican lawmakers, Trump said the US was drawn into a "short-term" military operation in Iran to "get rid of some very evil people"
- He went on to say: "We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough"
- Trump told the New York Post he is "not happy" with Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, but at his press briefing later did not make clear who he wants to take his place - or how that will be achieved
- At his press briefing, Trump reiterated that the operation in Iran has been a "tremendous success", but also added that he wants to ensure Iran cannot develop nuclear weaponry "for a very long time" - a much bigger task
- The US still has targets in Iran, Trump told reporters, but they could be taken out "in one day"
- Still, he said the war will be over "very soon"





