Trump doubles down on choice to start war on Iran

Trump doubles down on choice to start war on Iran

US president Donald Trump has reiterated remarks that he would begin the war on Iran once again if he had a second chance.

Trump was asked about whether comments from Vice President JD Vance blaming the war as the reason why the Republican Party lost in last week’s midterm elections had affected their relationship, Trump said: "No, not at all, but a lot of people didn’t like his comments. But not me."

"He was right, other than one thing, he should have made one other statement that I think is very important: if you had to do it again [attack Iran], would you do it again? The answer is yes," he added. 

"For history, this will go down as one of the best things we ever did," the US president said. "Because if they ever had a nuclear weapon, they would blow up the world."