Trump, asked about the possibility of war with Iran, says 'anything can happen'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President-elect Donald Trump said “anything is possible” when asked about the possibility of war with Iran in his next term in an interview with Time, which coincided with his nomination as the magazine's Person of the Year.
“Anything can happen. Anything can happen. It's a very tense situation,” said Trump, before going on to say that he thinks the most dangerous thing happening now is Ukraine firing missiles at Russia, which he said is a major escalation.
Trump has previously threatened Iran, whose elite Islamic Guard Corps wants to kill him, according to the US government. Iran has denied the claim.
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During his first term in office, in 2020, Trump ordered a US air strike that killed Iran's military commander, Qassem Soleimani.
Trump in 2018 withdrew from the nuclear deal reached by his predecessor Barack Obama in 2015 and reimposed US economic sanctions on Iran that had been eased. The deal limited Iran's ability to enrich uranium, a process that can produce fissile material for nuclear weapons.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis)
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