United States President, Donald Trump on Monday said he was not ruling out sending US troops into Iran if necessary, while threatening a new, “big wave” of attacks.
The 79-year-old Republican, who has long opposed US military involvement in the Middle East, issued an order on Saturday to launch a massive war against Iran.
Donald Trump declined to rule out sending ground forces, which would be significantly riskier in terms of potential losses, even though the assault has so far just been aircraft attacks by missiles and explosives.
“I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground,” Trump said, using a golf term for anxiety.
“Every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it.”
“I say ‘probably don’t need them,’ (or) ‘if they were necessary,’” he told the New York Post in one of numerous brief interviews he has given since launching the Iran operation.
The United States president also spoke to CNN on Monday, flagging what he said would be an escalation in the assault on Iran.
“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened,” he told CNN, without elaborating.
“The big one is coming soon” he added.
Recall that on Sunday, the US president in response to Iran’s retaliation threats, stated that the US will “hit harder than ever”
US and Israeli forces have so far struck hundreds of targets across Iran, including the country’s navy and command-and-control sites.
Three fighter jets have been shot down—officially in friendly fire—and four US military personnel have been declared dead.
Donald Trump described Iran’s missile launches toward Israel, US bases in the area, and targets in the Arab world, including Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, as “the biggest surprise.”
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