🔻 Trump: If it wasn't for me, there would be no prisoners, I don't intend to escalate the conflict with Iran.
In a detailed interview with CBS - the BBC's partner in America - Donald Trump spoke about various issues, including the war with Iran.
In this speech, while defending the military ground attack against Iran, Mr. Trump said that the "beneficial results" of the war with Iran will be seen in the future, that if Iran were to obtain nuclear weapons during his presidency, then history will judge Donald Trump more harshly than the war with Iran during his time.
However, in this statement, the American president states that he does not intend to "increase the conflict with Iran".
Ross Duet, who conducted this interview with Donald Trump, asked the American president about the condition of reaching an agreement with Iran in war and negotiations, and Mr. Trump said: "Opening the Strait of Hormuz."
Expanding on this answer, he said: "The Strait of Hormuz is still open, but we need to be there and take care of traffic... " Afterwards, the American president was asked about the costs of this military presence, to which he replied: "All the costs incurred by us in this war, the countries we defended must reimburse us in full; Because without us, they wouldn't exist. Without us, POWs wouldn't exist. Let me tell you... POWs wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Donald's bombs, in these 2 beautiful, a year ago beautiful and 2, because more than Donald bomb and 2 with these bombs a year ago; At that time, we carried out ground attacks on all three sites."