US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US could "leave the Iran operation right now and still leave Tehran unable to rebuild for more than a decade," but explained that that's "not an acceptable situation."
“If we left right now, it would take them at least 10 years to rebuild, but rebuild they will,” Trump said in the roughly 15-minute call with CNBC.
“If we stay longer, they’ll never rebuild,” he added.
Trump additionally shared that the US and Israel have “largely similar” goals for the outcome of military operations in Iran.
“The difference is, they live right next door. We don’t. That’s a big difference,” he said.
This is a developing story.