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Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran: NBC
Trump considers deploying a small number of U.S. troops for strategic missions like securing Iran's uranium stockpiles and supporting post-war stabilization, with no orders issued yet.
- On Friday, NBC News reported that President Donald Trump privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. ground troops inside Iran, citing two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge.
- While outlining a post-war Iran, Trump told aides and Republican officials he considered securing Iran's uranium and working with a new Iranian government on oil, NBC reports.
- According to U.S. officials, discussions focus on a small contingent of U.S. troops for specific strategic missions, and the president has not issued orders, though Trump said, 'I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground'.
- The White House pushed back Thursday, with Karoline Leavitt saying the report relied on outsiders and the president 'keeps all options open', while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Tehran is ready to confront U.S. troops.
- Trump has also said he wants to influence Iran's leadership and encouraged Iranian Kurdish groups to attack Iran; analysts including Malcolm Davis and Dylan Williams warn this risks a 'slippery slope' into a 'forever war.
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