Trump: Iran attacks will 'go down in history as one of the best things we've done'

U.S. President Donald Trump assessed attacks on Iran on November 9 in West Palm Beach to the press: "This will go down in history as one of the best things we've done, historically speaking. Because if they had a nuclear weapon, they would blow up the world. Why? Because they're crazy."

Speaking before boarding a plane on his return from Florida to the White House, Trump argued that they won the war in Iran and claimed "they didn't lose any soldiers" during the operation, comparing it to the thousands of casualties in the Vietnam War.

Trump also assessed a possible next step: "I could go over there and blow them up right now. The problem with that is, you can never rebuild after that. If I blow up the bridges and the power plants, it will take a very long time to rebuild. They have big bridges."

The President added, "The question regarding Iran is whether we close out this matter now or later. We can wait. Some of their neighbors prefer things to stay as they are."

Regarding Vice President JD Vance's social media post linking his November 3 midterm election loss to Iran attacks and Israel relations, Trump said, "A lot of people didn't like JD Vance's comments about the midterms, but I'm not one of them." Stating that Vance was "right on everything but one thing," Trump also explained what that one thing was: if they had another chance, they would do the same thing again.