US President Donald Trump said that Iran's military capabilities have been severely degraded and insisted the conflict would not become an "endless war", arguing that the United States is close to either securing a nuclear agreement with Tehran or achieving its objectives through military means.

In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Trump said Iran retains only a fraction of its missile arsenal and maintained that the threat posed by the country has been significantly reduced after months of US military action. "I would say, percentage-wise, maybe 21, 22 per cent of their missiles. It's a lot of missiles. But it's not what it was when we first attacked," Trump said when asked about Iran's remaining military capability.