Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has urged US President Donald Trump to deploy ground troops inside Iran and seize the country's energy infrastructure, framing the war, now in its fourth week, as a 'historic opportunity' to reshape the Middle East, according to people briefed on the conversations who spoke to the New York Times.
The crown prince made his case in a series of phone calls over the past week, pressing Trump to destroy Iran's theocratic government rather than wind down the US-Israeli military campaign. He argued that even a weakened Iran remains a 'grave and direct security threat' to the Gulf, the report said.
