US President Donald Trump says the United States and Israel are in a strong position in their war with Iran, AFP reports.

“We’re in a very strong position now, and their leadership is just rapidly going. Everybody that seems to want to be a leader, they end up dead,” Trump has told a gathering of tech bosses at the White House.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC, the US on March 4. — AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC, the US on March 4. — AFP

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