<p class="title">US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hopes the US does not go to war with Iran but if it did, America's use of force would be overwhelming.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In an interview on Fox Business News, Trump was asked if America is going to go to war with Iran.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Well, I hope we don't but we're in a very strong position if something should happen. We're in a very strong position. It wouldn't last very long, I can tell you that. And I'm not talking boots on the ground," Trump said amid acute tensions between the two countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the current crisis with Iran, exacerbated by its downing of an unmanned US spy drone last week, Trump has at turns sounded tough or conciliatory -- talking up US military might and saying all options are on the table, or offering Tehran talks on renegotiating the multi-party nuclear deal that Trump withdrew from last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">That step is widely seen as the genesis of steadily declining relations between the two countries over the past year.</p>
<p class="title">US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hopes the US does not go to war with Iran but if it did, America's use of force would be overwhelming.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In an interview on Fox Business News, Trump was asked if America is going to go to war with Iran.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Well, I hope we don't but we're in a very strong position if something should happen. We're in a very strong position. It wouldn't last very long, I can tell you that. And I'm not talking boots on the ground," Trump said amid acute tensions between the two countries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the current crisis with Iran, exacerbated by its downing of an unmanned US spy drone last week, Trump has at turns sounded tough or conciliatory -- talking up US military might and saying all options are on the table, or offering Tehran talks on renegotiating the multi-party nuclear deal that Trump withdrew from last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">That step is widely seen as the genesis of steadily declining relations between the two countries over the past year.</p>