Trump Says Iran Strike Would Be ‘Easily Won’ But Wants Deal

President Donald Trump pushed back on reports that the Pentagon was concerned that an extended military campaign against Iran could prove difficult, even as he insisted Monday his preference was still to strike a diplomatic deal.

“Everything that has been written about a potential War with Iran has been written incorrectly, and purposefully so,” Trump said in a social media post. “I am the one that makes the decision, I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don’t make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people.”