President Trump said Tuesday he wants peace — not war — with Iran in the new year.
At the New Year’s Eve bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., the president was asked by reporters whether he foresees tensions with Tehran spiraling into conflict.
“Do I want to? No. I want to have peace. I like peace,” Trump said.
“And Iran should want to have peace more than anybody. So I don’t see that happening.”
Hours earlier, on Twitter, Trump had threatened that the Islamic Republic would pay a “BIG PRICE” for violent protests led by Iranian-backed militias at the US Embassy in Baghdad.
He then tweeted a wish for Tehran to have a “Happy New Year!”
Meanwhile, defense officials revealed that as many as 4,000 US troops were on standby for possible deployment to Kuwait in response to the unrest.
With Post wires