Trump refuses to say whether Iran war will escalate

Iran fired a drone at the United Arab Emirates on Monday, which

the UAE said was intercepted.

This took place after an exchange of strikes between the US and Iran

on Sunday.

A tanker was also attacked east of Oman's Khasab, and no casualties

were reported.

When asked about the resumption of strikes, US President Donald Trump

said they may or may not return to a full-scale war.

"It's very limited. Look, they're a failed nation. Yeah.

They're a failed nation. They've got 350% inflation.

They have no currency. They're not paying their soldiers," said Trump.

"Their leaders are largely dead. Their Navy is gone,

their Air Force is gone, their surveillance equipment

is almost entirely gone. That doesn't mean

we won't smack them. We'll see what happens.

But we have the Strait of Hormuz in extremely good shape.

You know, we're taking over many, many ships

got through last night, as you know,

with the Navy's assistance. And we've been averaging

30 ships a night. That's a lot."