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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Andrew Roth in Washington

Trump says Iran war is ‘very complete, pretty much’ as economic toll rises

Donald Trump at a lectern
Donald Trump giving a press conference in Doral, Florida on Monday. His Republican allies are becoming concerned about the risks of the US being sucked into another long-term war. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Donald Trump has said that the war in Iran is “very complete, pretty much”, as the economic toll of the joint US-Israeli operation has risen, disrupting global oil trade and threatening to engulf the Middle East in a regional war.

Trump made the comments before a speech and press conference in Florida where he sought to emphasise that the US military campaign would be ending soon amid concerns from Republican allies that the US was being dragged into another long-term conflict in the region.

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