told NBC News, external<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n“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.<\/p>\n
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”.<\/p>\n
Trump also said he wanted to “clean out” the current Iranian leadership structure. <\/p>\n
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