US President-elect Donald Trump mentioned “something can occur” when requested concerning the probabilities of a US struggle with Iran throughout his subsequent time period as president.
“Something can occur. It's a really fluid state of affairs,” Trump mentioned. He went on to say that he thinks essentially the most harmful factor proper now could be Ukraine firing missiles at Russia, which he mentioned can be a serious escalation.
Trump has beforehand threatened Iran, with the US authorities alleging that the Revolutionary Guards tried to assassinate him. Iran has denied this declare.
Throughout his first time period in workplace in 2020, Trump ordered a US airstrike that killed Iran's high navy commander and head of the Revolutionary Guards' al-Quds particular forces, Qassem Soleimani.
Additionally in 2018, the Republican withdrew the US from the nuclear settlement that his predecessor Barack Obama had concluded in 2015 and reinstated US financial sanctions in opposition to Tehran.
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