Trump Reiterates Opposition to Ground Troops in Iran Amid Escalating Tensions

PTI, June 11, 2026, Dubai: Trump indicated in the interview that he remains averse to sending US forces into Iran.

"We could walk in there tomorrow. We could take soldiers — I don't want to have boots on the ground. But if I wanted to, we could put a small group of soldiers and take over the place."

Trump compared his threat to take over Iran's oil industry to how the US assumed control of Venezuela's oil sector after capturing then-president Nicolas Maduro in January.

American strikes on Iran that lasted into Thursday morning appeared more intense and widespread than the day before.

Tehran released little information on the extent of the damage and said it fired back at Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, as it had the previous day.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday that the US attacks had "effectively rendered the ceasefire ... meaningless", without saying it was abandoning it.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a social media post that the US would extract funds from frozen Iranian accounts to offset the costs of damage to American allies, as well as any tolls Iran imposes on ships seeking passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

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