Middle East War Live Updates: US President Donald Trump held a press conference in Florida as the war against Iran entered its second week. It was Trump’s first press conference since the US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran.
Trump said the war on Iran would end soon, without setting a date, and claimed the US-Israeli attack had achieved its objectives.
“It’s going to end soon, and if it starts up again they’ll be hit even harder,” Trump told a news conference.
Trump also expressed strong displeasure over the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader, saying he was “disappointed” and that the move would lead to more of the same problems for Iran.
Iran on Monday appointed Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israel strike on February 28.