'Do I Blow the Entire Nation Up?': Trump Says He's in 'Deciding Mode' on Iran War
Trump faces pressure from voters and Republicans as 6 in 10 Americans in a Fox News poll say he is wrong to wage the war on Iran.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump told Fox News he is in a "deciding mode" regarding whether to destroy Iran or pursue a deal to end the 204-day war against the country of over 90 million people.
- Military costs have surged to at least $43.6 billion as of September 3, with at least 18 Americans dead and more than 800 wounded, while the Iran-backed Houthi group launched strikes at Riyadh on September 19, seizing strategic ground along the Red Sea coast.
- Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera that Tehran is "awaiting President Trump's response" after conveying conditions including an end to the naval blockade; Trump remains "open" to meeting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the United Nations General Assembly this week.
- Six in 10 U.S. voters polled said Trump was wrong to wage war, as the national average for diesel hit over $6.50 per gallon and regular gas topped $4.47, significantly higher than prices one year ago.
- Republican lawmakers are increasingly distancing themselves from the conflict, with some supporting the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as Trump faces pressure to end the war in which at least 23 U.S. troops have died since at least 2019.
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US President Donald Trump said he is currently in a "decision phase" when it comes to Iran and that very big things could happen in the not-so-distant future, Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported.
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RPPHe was assured by a journalist from Fox News, after talking to the president of the United States.And he said in the same conversation that is in a "decision phase" regarding Iran, and he said that "very important things" will happen in the near future.
Donald Trump, in an interview with Axios on Thursday, said he was at a critical crossroads in the Iranian conflict — he would have to decide whether to resume full-scale attacks to try to end the conflict
Donald Trump, in an interview with Axios on Thursday, said he was at a critical crossroads in the Iranian conflict — he would have to decide whether to resume full-scale attacks to try to end the conflict. "I have a very important decision to make. Do...
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