Trump Explains Only Reason The US Might 'Be Living' in Iran 'for a Little Longer' amid Calls to End His War

Donald Trump weighed in on the status of his war in Iran and how much longer the United States might have to spend in the country.

The 79-year-old president sat down for an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo for an interview that aired on Wednesday morning (April 15). During it, he was pressed about the status of the war and how much longer he thinks that it will have to continue.

Insisting that the country had been “obliterated,” he hypothesized that the U.S. military could be leaving the area “very soon.” However, he added a caveat, which he said might mean that things could continue on longer.

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“I think we’re doing very well, but it only matters what the end result is, and maybe it’ll happen fairly soon. Who knows?” Trump told Bartiromo during the pre-taped conversation.

When pressed on if the war “was” over or if it was nearing an end point, he said, “I think it’s close to over, yeah. I view it as very close to over. If I pulled up stakes right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild that country. And we’re not finished. We’ll see what happens. I think they want to make a deal.”

What would hold things up?

“They cannot have a nuclear weapon,” the president said, adding, “If they could have a nuclear weapon, we will be living with them for a little while. But I don’t know how much longer they survive. I don’t know how much longer they can go because they’ve been hit very hard.”

Trump repeated his threat that the U.S. could take out all bridges and power plants in the country within an hour. Such attacks could qualify as a war crime, a fact that he has taken a combative stance on before.

Mere hours before carrying out threats to send Iran to hell with brutal attacks on civilian infrastructure, the president announced that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire deal on April 7. However, days later, he announced a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

The president has frequently provided confusing and seemingly contradictory answers about the status of the war and when it is expected to end. He also shared a worrying timeline about when he thinks that gas prices will drop back down to levels they were at before the war.