\u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a worst case,\u201d Trump said, expressing confidence about superior US-Israeli force.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have them very much beaten militarily, from the military standpoint. They\u2019re still lobbing some missiles,\u201d he said. \u201cThey won\u2019t even be able to do that because we\u2019re hitting all of their carriers. We\u2019re hitting all of their missile stock \u2026 and we\u2019re knocking out a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
However Trump admitted that hopes Iran<\/a> would soon turn a page with a less repressive government could easily be dashed.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess the worst case would be we do this and then somebody takes over who\u2019s as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen. We don\u2019t want that to happen. It would probably be the worst,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou go through this and then in five years, you realise you put somebody in who was no better. So we\u2019d like to see somebody in there that\u2019s going to bring it back for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump, who had called on the Iranians to rise up en masse against the regime after the military attacks, urged caution as long as the massive state security apparatus was still in place.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens with the people. You know, they have their chance. And we\u2019ve said, don\u2019t do it yet,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to go out and protest, don\u2019t do it yet. It\u2019s very dangerous out there.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump also asserted that Iran was going to attack before he did, walking back comments by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday that Israel triggered the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they were going to attack first, and I didn\u2019t want that to happen. So, if anything, I might have forced Israel\u2019s hand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Turning to Europe\u2019s disparate reactions to the military campaign, Trump threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after the Nato ally refused Washington permission<\/a> for two jointly operated bases in southern Spain to be used in US strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cSpain has been terrible,\u201d Trump said, adding that he had told the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, to \u201ccut off all dealings\u201d with the European country.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don\u2019t want anything to do with Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s threat came hours after Spain\u2019s foreign minister had played down the chances of any retaliatory actions.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bases used jointly with the US are Spanish sovereign bases that operate within the framework of the treaty with the United States, and it is within that premise \u2013 of our sovereignty and the treaty framework \u2013 that they can be used,\u201d Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares told reporters.<\/p>\n \u201cTherefore, there is nothing strange or surprising about it, and we do not expect any consequences whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump also attacked Spain once again for refusing to accept Nato\u2019s proposal for member states to increase their defence spending to 5% of their GDP<\/a>, in critical remarks echoed by Merz when he was asked.<\/p>\n![\"'They](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7019.jpg\")
‘They were going to attack first’: Trump gives update on Iran \u2013 video<\/p>\n