President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.S. forces would be out of Iran "soon" with military operations ending in as little as two or three weeks. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
April 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said the United States would be out of Iran "soon" with military operations ending in as little as two or three weeks, with or without a deal, provided he had certainty a nuclear weapon is many years away for the regime.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said he was ready to wind down the war because the United States had achieved its military goals, including drastically setting back Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon, as well as "regime change" following the killings of Iran's senior political and military leadership.
"We're finishing the job, and I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer, to do the job. We've set them back 15-20 years. They have no navy, no military, no air force.
"We'll leave whether we have a deal or not. It's irrelevant now, it's possible that we'll have a deal because they want to make a deal," he added.
