US President Donald Trump has admitted that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain pressed him to hold off on further large-scale attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In a White House interview on Thursday, Trump blatantly boasted that Washington could wipe out Iran’s energy infrastructure, bridges and manufacturing capacity in just three days.

Trump said he could “end the war immediately” but was continuing the current pressure only because regional allies asked him to.

“Saudi Arabia has asked me to please just let it be the way it is now for a while,” he stated. “Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain. All of them would rather, would much prefer the waiting period.” He added: “I’m not sure I agree with it.”

Asked whether he would have ordered heavier strikes without those requests, Trump replied: “Yes, I would.”

He asserted that the United States had so far largely spared Iran’s energy facilities and bridges, boasting: “In one day their energy is gone. In one day their bridges are gone. And in one day their manufacturing capability is gone. It would only take me three days.”

Trump's outrageous remarks come more than eight months after the United States and the Israeli regime launched an unprovoked war of aggression on 28 February, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and senior military commanders.

Iranian armed forces responded with sustained missile and drone operations against US bases across the Persian Gulf and targets in the Israeli-occupied territories. Subsequent US-Israeli strikes repeatedly hit civilian infrastructure, including bridges, residential areas and other non-military sites, actions Iranian officials have condemned as war crimes.

Trump also conceded that soaring petrol prices linked to the war helped drive Republican losses in the recent US midterm elections, though he continued to defend the decision to attack Iran.

American consumers have faced sharply higher energy costs while US forces maintain a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz area.

Iranian military commanders have repeatedly warned that any return to large-scale aggression would meet an immediate and expanded response with no geographical limits.

Senior Iranian officers have stated that US bases in West Asia would be legitimate targets, noting that earlier retaliatory waves already inflicted high costs on American forces.

Tehran has separately demanded accountability from certain regional states that allowed their territory and airspace to be used in the US-Israeli attacks.

The campaign against Iran continues in parallel with the Israeli regime’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, including large numbers of women and children, and drawn widespread accusations of genocide.

US military and political resources remain heavily focused on shielding the Israeli regime and confronting independent regional powers, even as domestic economic pressures grow.

Trump’s latest statements underline the limits of the US offensive. Persian Gulf allies, already absorbing the effects of Iranian responses, urge restraint, while the Islamic Republic maintains a high state of readiness and continues to demonstrate its deterrent capacity.