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Trump says Israel and Saudi Arabia sought to maintain Iran war's pace
U.S. President Donald Trump said he could end the war with Iran “immediately,” but was continuing it at the request of countries Washington protects, including Israel. He said Saudi Arabia had asked him to leave the situation unchanged for a while because Iran was “falling apart.”
U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with broadcaster Stephen A. Smith that one reason the war with Iran was continuing was the desire of countries the United States seeks to protect in the Middle East, including Israel, to continue it in its current form.
Trump added: “I can end it immediately, but at the request of countries I am seeking to protect, we are continuing it a little longer and in a more civilized manner.”
In the video, Trump explains to Stephen A. Smith the reasons for the war's continuation and the role of Israel and regional countries in it.
“Saudi Arabia asked to keep the situation unchanged”
Trump said Saudi Arabia had asked him to “leave things as they are now for a while,” explaining that Iran was “falling apart.” He also said Washington had not yet targeted Iranian energy and electricity facilities, adding: “If I wanted to wipe them out, I would strike energy. In one day, their energy, bridges and industrial capacity disappear.”
The U.S. president acknowledged that the war had cost Republicans politically because of rising gasoline and oil prices, a week after they lost control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections held on November 3.
Trump's remarks came as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the destruction of an American early-warning radar in Bahrain, while an LNG tanker exploded after colliding with a mine east of the Strait of Hormuz.
Video: Stephen A.'s Straight Shooter Media
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