President Trump reportedly called those pushing for a war with Iran ‘disgusting’ and said the country does not need to get themselves into any more wars.
“These people want to push us into a war, and it’s so disgusting,” Trump told a confidant about his security advisers according to the Wall Street Journal. “We don’t need any more wars.”
Trump told the source that he was unhappy that $130 million was wasted when Iran shot down the U.S. Navy drone, but said he thought killing Iranians was not something he wanted to do either.
The position was a reiteration of what the president said Friday on Twitter.
“We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General,” Trump said. “10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting & more added last night.”
….proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting & more added last night. Iran can NEVER have Nuclear Weapons, not against the USA, and not against the WORLD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2019
Trump canceled strikes even after his national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly encouraged the president to push forward with an attack.
A former White House official, who worked in part with foreign policy, said he believed Trump does not trust his top foreign policy advisers.
“He doesn’t trust them. He felt that they were cornering him into something he did not want to do,” he said.
