Donald Trump Says He Could 'Annihilate' Iran After Touting Peace Efforts

Photo Credit: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that he could "annihilate" Iran if the nearly seven-month war does not end in a deal, even as he cast himself as a peacemaker working to close out multiple global wars. The remarks, given in New York, came alongside a day of intense back-channel diplomacy between US and Iranian officials. Donald Trump's Iran remarks come during United Nations speech Trump to the UN: "Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly? Do I drive them into hell?" . . .