{"id":18863,"date":"2026-02-24T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18863"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:04","slug":"trump-dismisses-reports-of-u-s-military-concerns-over-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/trump-dismisses-reports-of-u-s-military-concerns-over-iran-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dismisses reports of U.S. military concerns over Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed recent Western media reports suggesting that General Dan Caine, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed concerns over the risks of a potential conflict between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made the remarks on Monday night via his social media platform, Truth Social, calling the reports \u201c100 percent false.\u201d He asserted that General Dan Caine did not oppose a war with Iran, though he prefers to avoid conflict. \u201cIf a decision is made to go to war, he would fully support it,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump added that&nbsp; Dan Caine has never suggested refraining from attacks on Iran or limited strikes, as some reports claimed. \u201cHe only knows one thing: how to win, and if ordered, he will lead,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, The Washington Post reported that Caine had warned officials at the White House and the Pentagon about the dangers of a U.S.-Iran conflict. The Wall Street Journal and Axios also cited concerns that the U.S. could become \u201centangled in a prolonged conflict\u201d following any strike on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite heightened tensions, the scheduling of the next round of U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva has eased some fears of immediate military confrontation, although U.S. warships remain deployed in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed recent Western media reports suggesting that General Dan Caine, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed concerns over the risks of a potential conflict between Washington and Tehran. He made the remarks on Monday night via his social media platform, Truth Social, calling the reports \u201c100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18865,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18863\/revisions\/18865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}