In an interview with the "New York Post", US President Donald Trump emphasized that he has no intention of turning the war with Iran into a long-term conflict like the Vietnam War. In response to a question about the possibility of the war continuing for many years, he said: "No, I won't do it." I don't want to do that."
Comparing the current war to previous American wars, Trump said that Washington is in the seventh month of the war and 18 American soldiers have been killed so far. He added that the US had far more casualties in wars like Vietnam and Afghanistan for many years.
In response to criticism from some Republicans who expected him to avoid entering into new wars, the US president said: "If you think about it, we haven't had many wars."
He added that on the other hand, another group of his supporters is not satisfied that America has not completely destroyed the Islamic Republic. Regarding the state of the war with Iran, Trump said that the American forces carried out heavy attacks several times, but in most of the last months there was no direct conflict between them.