Trump says the US left Iran’s military “intact,” citing lessons from the Iraq war


Sunday, May 31st 2026

US President Donald Trump has stated that Washington has deliberately refrained from striking Iran’s military, arguing that past wars have shown the dangers of disintegrating a country’s institutions and armed forces, Anadolu reports. when they heard that, because mistakes have been made in wars where everyone is eliminated and then a situation is created where a country cannot be rebuilt for 40 years,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.

Trump cited Iraq as an example of what he described as a failed American approach to previous conflicts.

“Look at what happened to Iraq. We did so badly, it was such a stupid thing,” he said.

The president The US also reiterated his claim that Iran would have secured nuclear weapons if the US had not struck Iranian nuclear facilities with B-2 bombers last June.

He also stressed that he was in no “rush” to finalize a deal with Tehran.

“If you rush, you won’t get a good deal,” he said, adding that the two sides were “close to a very good deal.”

He also said the “only guarantee” he wants in any deal is that Iran doesn’t get nuclear weapons.

“The only guarantee I have is that there will be no nuclear weapons, they agreed to that,” Trump said, although Iranian officials have not confirmed such a clause in any deal.

“Slowly but surely, we’re getting what I think we want, and if we don’t get what we want, we’re going to end it in some way other”, he added.


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