President Donald Trump has said he is “not sure” if he wants make to a deal with Iranian leaders after the two sides traded military strikes overnight.
Asked why he now viewed Tehran’s leadership as “scum”, the US leader told the Nato summit that he “got to know ’em’.
“I think more than anything else is, I got to know him and I’m not sure I want to make a deal with them. We can play games, but I’m not sure I want to make a deal. Let’s just finish the job,” he declared.
President Trump also said he did not think a full-fledged conflict would erupt in the wake of strikes from both sides.
It comes after he threatened to “hit Iran hard again tonight” as he spoke to reporters on Wednesday.
The US leader had declared the ceasefire in Iran “over” in an extraordinary rant at the Nato summit, just hours after the US launched fresh strikes.
US Central Command claimed to have struck more than 60 small boats of the IRGC as punishment for Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington also revoked a license allowing Iran to sell oil.
