Trump says he will not withdraw US forces from Middle East 'even in ceasefire'

US President Donald Trump has warned he will not withdraw US troops from the Middle East, even if a permanent ceasfire with Iran is agreed.

He issued the major update in an interview with NBC, and also added that any new agreement with Iran would not immediately unfreeze Tehran’s assets currently hit by sanctions.

Trump said: “That comes after,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “Yeah, if they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking.”

The US President also said that US equipment would be used to remove and destroy Iran’s nuclear material.

He went on: “If we make a deal that now we’re friendly, we’ll all go together. It’ll be our equipment. We’ll take it out and destroy it, whether it’s on-site or whether we take it off-site.

“If we don’t make a deal, then we’re going to take them out militarily very harshly,” he said.

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