‘Waste of time’ sending US ground troops to Iran, Trump sayspublished at 05:28 GMT
05:28 GMT
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US President Donald Trump has told NBC News, external that it would be a “waste of time” currently to send US troops to Iran, and that it is not something he is thinking about right now.
“It’s a waste of time. They’ve lost everything. They’ve lost their navy. They’ve lost everything they can lose,” Trump told NBC on Thursday.
He added that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s earlier remarks to NBC that Iran was ready for a US or Israeli ground invasion was a “wasted comment”.
Trump also said he wanted to “clean out” the current Iranian leadership structure.
“We want them to have a good leader. We have some people who I think would do a good job,” he said, without naming anyone.