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US President Donald Trump, in an interview to be aired on Wednesday, said the US-Israeli war on Iran is “close to over.” “I think it’s close to over, yeah. I mean, I view it as very close to over,” Trump told Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo when asked if the war is “over.” A video excerpt of the interview was shared on US social media company X. “You know what, if I pulled up stakes right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild that country, and we’re not finished. We’ll see what happens. I think they want to make a deal very badly,” Trump added. Earlier, Bartiromo said in a video on Instagram that Trump repeatedly referred to […]
