Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is "about to surrender," Axios reports

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March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Trump ​told G7 leaders in a ‌virtual meeting on Wednesday that Iran is “about to surrender,” Axios reported on Friday citing three officials ​from G7 countries briefed on ​the contents of the call.

According to ⁠the report, Trump told allies that ​he “got rid of a cancer that ​was threatening us all,” while boasting about the results of Operation “Epic Fury” on the G7 ​call Wednesday morning.

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Trump said that “nobody ​knows who is the leader, so there is ‌no ⁠one that can announce surrender,” Axios reported.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment ​outside regular ​business hours.

Trump ⁠on Friday derided Iran’s leaders as “deranged scumbags” and said it ​was his great honor to ​kill ⁠them as the war in the Middle East approached the two-week mark ⁠with ​heavy exchanges of drone ​and missile strikes across the region.

Reporting by Shivani ​Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra

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