He said US President Donald TrumpThe United States does not need to deploy ground forces inside Iran, stressing that air military operations were sufficient to achieve field results without any military presence on the ground.
In an interview with the New York Post’s Pod Force One podcast, Trump said, “We don’t need boots on the ground now,” adding, “We destroyed a large part of their army just through bombing, and we didn’t put any boots on the ground.”
In a related context, motivation Trump About the change in his positions in managing the crisis with Iran, rejecting the criticism directed at him regarding the volatility of his decisions, explaining that this is linked to the change in data on the ground.
He said: “It is good that they are in a state of confusion, and so are the Iranians. But this is me, my positions change. I may answer a question and then realize after 20 minutes in the Oval Office that my answer is no longer correct, because the facts change quickly.”
The American President considered that war on Iran was a necessary option that could not be postponed, adding: “I could not wait, because the matter was extremely important. If I had done so, they would have possessed a nuclear weapon within two weeks of hitting the B-2 bombers.”
He described the military strike as a “necessary operation,” stressing that the primary goal is to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon, adding: “They will not obtain a nuclear weapon, and other good things will happen.”
In the same interview, Trump again downplayed the impact of the war on the financial conditions of American citizens, adding that oil prices had not reached expectations of rising to $300 or $400 per barrel.
“The price is currently at $98 per barrel, which is not a big price considering the possibility that they might have a nuclear weapon,” he explained.
