He said he didn’t want to use force, however, and said that “America’s strength, both military and economic, is the best deterrent.”
United States President Donald Trump Wednesday announced additional sanctions against Iran after their attack on two military bases housing US troops in Iraq.
The American president said no American or Iraqi lives were lost in the attack that took place last night and the military bases located in Iraq suffered ‘minimal damage’. He said it were the “precautions and an early warning system” that helped save lives when the attack took place.
But the U.S. is continuing to look at its options, and will “immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime,”
He also warned Tehran repeatedly to abandon its nuclear ambitions, vowing: “As long as I am president of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”
But he suggested that the U.S. is open to negotiations with Tehran. “We must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place,” Trump said.
