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Topics: Donald Trump, Iran, Politics, US News
Jen Thomas
Topics: Donald Trump, Iran, Politics, US News
Donald Trump has clashed with the media once more, as he hit back at a reporter for what he felt was a 'crazy question' while discussing the Iran war.
The US president stopped to talk to the press as he boarded Air Force One.
It came hours after he claimed the US was halting strikes on Iranian energy sites, amid rumoured peace talks with Tehran, a claim Iran is denying.
In recent weeks, Trump had ordered thousands of Marines to be relocated to the region, with reports of 4,500 people being deployed there.
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It follows the ongoing conflict in the Strait of Hormuz and the continuing Operation Epic Fury.
The reporter asked the President: "It's been reported that there are Marines [who] left California, left San Diego last week, at the end of the week."
She added: "Why are they headed there now?"
Trump was unimpressed with the query, and hit back: "Well, let me ask you this. If you were in my position and I asked you that question, do you really believe I'd give you that? It's a crazy question. We don't talk about strategy."
He has been refusing to answer questions or speculation surrounding planned military actions.
The president has insisted that if he were to answer, it would be an issue of national security, and claimed the operational security would be compromised and troops and Marines put in danger.
He did say though that if peace talks do not go well, the US will keep 'bombing our little hearts out.'
According to the Daily Mail, Iran is insisting no such peace talks are happening.
They have quoted an Iranian official reportedly telling Fars News Agency, which is loyal to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, that there is 'no direct or indirect contact with Trump.'
It comes after Trump told Fox News he would 'postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure' for five days.
He insisted: "I didn't call, they called; they want to make a deal.
"We have had very, very strong talks. We'll see where they lead. We have major points of agreement... They went, I would say, perfectly. I would say that if they carry through with that, it'll end that problem, that conflict."
Part of the US requirements for peace is that Iran abandons nuclear weapon plans.
"We want to see no nuclear bomb, no nuclear weapon — not even close to it — low key on the missiles, we want to see peace in the Middle East. We want the nuclear dust... I think we're going to get that."