Trump Sent a 'Warning' to Iran

• 07.02.2019, 13:02
•  America,  Region,  World

Trump sent a ''warning'' to Iran on Monday, a week after he reportedly called off a military strike on Iran over a downed spy drone. Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Trump said his decision earned him a lot of ''great capital'' inside the US, indicating that he is now in a position to do ''far worse, if something should happen'', ''Sputnik News'' reports. 

''I was given a lot of credit by most people.  A lot of people gave me of credit,'' the president said in his interview.

''A lot of people said that was a great presidential moment, which was, you know, rather shocking to hear,'' he added.

In June, Trump is reported to have made a last-minute decision not to retaliate using the US military against Iran's downing of a spy drone. Iran claimed the drone violated Iranian airspace.

''I made the final decision not to do it,'' Trump said. ''I built up a lot of great capital, and if something should happen, we're in a position to do far worse by not doing it. But, hopefully, we don't have to do anything.''

He said again that he does not wish to go to war with Iran, but asserted that Tehran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Iran has repeatedly denied that it aspires to manufacture its own nuclear weapons.

''You know, you and I aren't so different in terms of fighting, we want to have peace,'' he said, referring to Iran.

''We want to build our roads and build our schools and build all the things we want to build,'' Trump continued, adding, ''But, we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon […] you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon, and you can't let certain other countries have nuclear weapons. It's too devastating.''