Donald Trump on Monday hailed the ongoing
U.S. standoff with Iran as an example of his “military genius” and claimed the U.S. has no shortages of key ammunition to throw at the war effort even as he described the shaky ceasefire with
Tehran as “on life support.”
Trump made the boastful comments during an event billed as a discussion on new administration programs to support maternal health which turned into an impromptu Oval Office press conference.
Asked by a reporter why he had rejected an Iranian truce proposal as “unacceptable” a day earlier, Trump did not answer directly and instead riffed on media reports indicating that he is feeling cornered with little options more than two months after he started the war that has upended the global economy and sent gasoline prices skyrocketing.
“You know, a lot of people said, ‘Well, does he have a plan? ‘ Yes, I do — I have the best plan ever,” Trump said.
“The plan is very simple. The blockade, first of all, was a part of military genius. Just like Venezuela was military genius. We have the greatest military in the world by far, and we're stocked up with great ammunition. We have much better stuff than we did two months ago when we first did the attack,” Trump added.
Trump also hit out at media reports that he’s “tired or bored” of the two-month-old war.
“They didn't want to believe it. They think that well, I'll get tired of this I'll get tired of this, or I'll get bored, or I'll have some pressure. But there's no pressure. There's no pressure at all. We're going to have a complete victory,” he said.
