Monday on ABC’s “God Morning America,” correspondent Jonathan Karl said President Donald Trump felt “invincible” following the strikes in Iran.
Karl said, “I spoke to the president, he sounded to me like a president who feels invincible. He talked about the military strike he ordered last summer against the nuclear program in Iran. He talked about the operation to take out Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela and what he sees as a wildly successful attack now underway against Iran. He told me, quote, nobody could have done this, but me, and you know that. In fact, George, he suggested that the success in Venezuela made him less likely to accept concessions in Iran that were offered in the final round of talks. He told me that a year ago he would have accepted what the Iranians offered, but, quote, ‘We have become spoiled.’”
He added, “He told me that he had been in touch with one member of the regime. He wouldn’t say who it was, one surviving member. He suggested that before the strikes, he had identified possible candidates within the Iranian government who could take over the way Delcy Rodriguez did after Maduro was taken out in Venezuela. But he said the attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates. It’s not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead. As for how long this is going to go on, he said it could be four — He said he was planning for 4 or 5 weeks. Could be longer, could be shorter.”
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