5 hours agoTrump touts Iran war gains, leaves door open to more strikes before midterms
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believes the war with Iran will be won “very soon,” while acknowledging that additional military strikes before the midterm elections are “possible.”
“I think what’s going to happen is we’re going to win this war very soon, and as soon as we win it, the oil will go down, way down to what it was before the war,” Trump said the PGA Tour Presidents Cup.
“And the key is, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” he added, saying nuclear deterrence was “key to the whole thing.”
When pressed further on Operation Economic Outcast and whether Washington was winning through military or economic means, Trump said the U.S. was succeeding on both fronts.
“I think both. I think we’ll win it both ways. We’ve already won it really from a military standpoint,” he said.
“But that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped that.”
“We’re certainly winning it very big. If you look at their economy, it’s gone.”
“They have no economy,” he said of Iran.
“The value of their money is, as they say, valueless. We have inflation. They have inflation now of close to 300%. I heard 318% as of this morning. 300, meaning their money is shot, their economy is shot, their military is shot. They’re in trouble.”
Asked specifically whether military strikes could be back on the table before the midterm elections, Trump declined to rule them out.
“I don’t want to say that. I don’t want to say that. I mean, it’s possible, but I just don’t want to say that.”
Fox News’ Emma Bussey contributed to this report.