WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump said the U.S. has won the Iran war, but he wants to win it by a larger margin.
“We’ve already won, but I want to win by a bigger margin,” he said during an interview with Newsmax.
He said there has to be a guarantee that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, according to The Hill newspaper.
“We’ve destroyed everything,” Trump said. “If we leave right now, it will take them 20 years to rebuild, if they ever could rebuild, but it’s actually not good enough. We have to have guarantees they will never have a nuclear weapon.”
He also said that Iran would use a nuclear weapon if they had one.
Earlier this year, the U.S. and Israel conducted joint strikes on Iran over concerns that the country had missiles.
Iran retaliated, resulting in the war escalating. As of now there is a ceasefire, but Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran offered to open the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. ended its blockade. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the proposal.
Oil prices have increased as a result of the war. Trump said the gas prices could be the same or a little bit higher by midterms in another interview.