Trump says US may have gone too far in targeting Iranian leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to press members before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 5, 2026. [Mehmet Eser – Anadolu Agency]

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Washington may have gone too far in targeting Iranian leaders, saying it should perhaps have stopped at the first or second level of escalation.

Trump also said that Iran wants to reach an agreement but does not know how to do so.

Last week, Trump said that no one knows who is running Iran, adding that the country’s leaders had been killed, followed by the second tier of its leadership.

Trump has repeatedly boasted about the killing of Iranian leaders during the war involving Israel.

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