President Donald Trump expressed concern that the strikes against Iran could lead to a new leadership that¡¯s equally troubling to Washington as the regime the U.S. and Israel are fighting to topple.
Trump¡¯s comments are likely to spur concerns on the administration¡¯s endgame with the conflict well into its fourth day and retaliatory actions from Iran against Saudi Arabia exacerbating fears of further escalation across the region.
¡°I guess the worst case would be, we do this, and then somebody takes over, who¡¯s as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen,¡± Trump told reporters Tuesday in the Oval Office. ¡°You go through this, and then in five years, you realize you put somebody in who is no better.¡±
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