"Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and after he confirmed earlier in the day that he's deploying a second aircraft carrier group to the Mideast. "It seems like that would be the best thing that could happen," Trump said in an exchange with reporters when asked about pressing for the ouster of the Islamic clerical rule in Iran. "For 47 years, they've been talking and talking and talking.""
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who traveled to Washington this week for talks with Trump, has been pressing for any deal to include steps to neutralize Iran's ballistic missile program and end its funding for proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. "If we do it, that would be the least of the mission," Trump said of targeting Tehran's nuclear program, which suffered significant setbacks in U.S. military strikes last year."
Trump visited troops at Ft. Bragg and confirmed deploying a second aircraft carrier group to the Middle East. He suggested urging the ouster of Iran's Islamic clerical rule, saying after 47 years they "have been talking and talking and talking." He called scaling back Iran's nuclear program only one U.S. demand and emphasized neutralizing ballistic missiles and ending funding for proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah. He said targeting Tehran's nuclear program would be "the least of the mission" given past U.S. strike setbacks. Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and had enriched uranium up to 60% before the June war. Marco Rubio warned that changing Iran's leadership would be far more complex and require careful thinking.
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