The war against Iran would be a "short-term excursion," President Donald Trump said Monday, while insisting that the United States and Israel "haven't won enough" against Tehran.
Trump's comments at a gathering of congressional Republicans at his golf club in Doral, Florida, cast further uncertainty over his timeline after he said in a CBS News interview that the conflict was "very complete, pretty much."
"We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some people. And I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion," Trump said in a speech.
The 79-year-old repeated his boasts about the destruction of the Iranian navy, air force and missile program.
But Trump – whose earlier CBS comments indicating an end to the war was in sight had caused stocks to jump and oil prices to drop – added that the United States and Israel had more to do.
