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“I don't shy away from sending in ground forces. Every president says, “There will be no soldiers on site.” I'm not saying that, Donald Trump said. He added that he was considering sending soldiers “if necessary.”
Trump also said he was not concerned about the possibility that Iran would resort to terrorism in retaliation for the attacks. – We'll eliminate it. Never mind. Just like everything else, we will eliminate it, he assured.
He said that he made the final decision to attack Iran after the US-Iranian talks in Geneva on Thursday. In an interview with the New York Post, he argued that he believed it was a good decision and that the majority of Americans supported him. — Allowing “crazy people” to acquire nuclear weapons would be worse than even a regional conflict, he argued.
Earlier on Monday, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not rule out sending ground forces to Iran. “We're not stupid about this. You don't have to bring in 200,000 there. people and stay there for 20 years. (…) Will we laugh? Are we ready for decisive action? Absolutely yes, said the head of the Pentagon.
A Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that only one in four Americans supports the attacks on Iran, in which Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Saturday. About half of the poll participants, including a quarter of Republican voters, believe that US President Donald Trump is too eager to use military force.
