Trump Explains ‘The Worst-Case Scenario’ In Iran: ‘We Don’t Want That to Happen’

President Donald Trump took questions from reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday after a bilateral meeting with Germany’s chancellor. Trump was asked about his ongoing operation against Iran, including detailing the “worst-case scenario” outcome for the operation.

“What’s the worst-case scenario that you have planned for in Iran?” a reporter asked Trump.

“Well, I don’t know if this is the worst case. We have them very much beaten militarily from the military standpoint. They’re still lobbing some missiles at some point. They wouldn’t be able to do that because we’re hitting all of their carriers. We’re hitting all of the missile stock. You know, they built up all these missiles over the last few years,” Trump replied, adding:

They had a lot of them. They’ve shot a lot of them, and we’re knocking out a lot. I guess the worst case would be we do this and then somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen. We don’t want that to happen. That would probably be the worst. You go through this and in five years you realize you put somebody in who is no better.

So we’d like to see somebody in there that’s going to bring it back for the people. And we’ll see what happens with the people, you know? They have their chance, and we’ve said don’t do it yet. If you’re going to go out and protest, don’t do it yet. It’s very dangerous out there. A lot of bombs are being dropped. But I would say that would be about the worst.

“Do you have someone in mind right now? You’ve said all the people you have in mind have been taken out?” followed up the reporter.

“Well, most of the people we had in mind are dead. So, you know, we had some in mind from that group that is dead. And now we have another group. They may be dead also, based on reports. So I guess you have a third wave coming in. Pretty sure we’re not going to know anybody,” replied Trump.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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