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"Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before " maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy again?
"Do I drive them into hell," he continued, "with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness?"
The war has carried steep political costs for the president and his party ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November, increasing inflation and energy prices due to disruptions in commercial shipping traffic through key waterways in the Middle East.