Trump Says Fresh Strikes on Iran Are "Quite Unlikely"

President Trump signaled Monday that he's not planning to send troops or missiles back into Iran. A renewed military campaign is, in his words, both likely to be unnecessary and not something he expects to order. Trump pushed the message out on Truth Social and then doubled down during an impromptu press conference.

It's the furthest he's leaned toward calling the conflict finished since February, though he deliberately avoided saying the war was actually over. Axios reported the remarks were the most forward-leaning in that direction in months.

The timing stands out. Trump's comments landed less than a week after he acknowledged that the war was one of the reasons Republicans lost the midterm elections. His Iran posture has been under a microscope ever since.

Axios flagged the story as breaking, with more updates expected as the White House fills in the details.