Trump emphasizes legitimacy of war with Iran on eve of midterm elections... "A penny for the cost of war"

On the 2nd (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized the legitimacy of his decision to start a war with Iran, saying that the cost of the war against Iran was nothing more than "peanuts."

In a phone interview with Fox News, a pro-Trump broadcaster, on the night before the main voting day for the midterm elections, President Trump criticized the 'nuclear agreement' (JCPOA) signed between the United States and Iran under former President Barack Obama, saying, "It was a way for Iran to secure nuclear weapons."

Even though the U.S. economy was booming at the time of the decision to launch military operations against Iran, he said, "I told my aides that I would have to take a small detour and take a short trip to Iran," and emphasized, "I couldn't leave Iran, an evil country. If I can't allow them to have nuclear weapons, I will never allow them to have nuclear weapons."

In particular, President Trump said that he had created $25 trillion (3.5 trillion won) in wealth since launching his second administration on January 20 last year, and that "compared to the money we made, this (cost of the Iran war) is a pittance."

He described the signing of a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that strengthens the presence of US troops in Greenland as "gaining Greenland" and claimed that it was "worth $5 trillion."

He appealed for the inevitability of war on the eve of the midterm elections in a situation where the surge in oil prices in the United States due to the war with Iran has become a major cause of public dissatisfaction with his administration and the ruling Republican Party.

President Trump said there is currently no full-scale armed conflict with Iran and said, "We only talk. This is not a war. This is a 'soft war' (non-military war)."

He also said, "Now we may have to go to Pickaxe Mountain (suspected to be Iran's secret nuclear facility), but it's not a big deal. We can do it in an hour."

President Trump encouraged his supporters to vote, saying, "In a way, it's like I'm actually running as a candidate. If the Republican Party loses, all the achievements we've made will be erased," and added, "If the people on our side vote, we will win an overwhelming victory."