Donald Trump has declared the Iran war "effectively over" as he revealed the US will hold off on threatened military strikes after a disastrous defeat in the midterm elections.
"Iran, militarily, is effectively over. We're just keeping it the status quo," he told reporters on Monday. "But if we do have to go back in, we are locked and loaded, and ready to go."
Downplaying fears that the Pentagon would escalate its campaign, he added: "The United States of America is fully locked and loaded with the best equipment ever made, and we don't think there's going to be any reason to use it."
