The End.
Trump says much of Iran's military is knocked out,
and he seems to be deciding what to do about the country's future in real time.
He's trying to make a deal with the regime that he's encouraging people to overthrow,
which really shows that there isn't a clear, defined endgame.
Plus, scrutiny is growing over the Trump administration's case for war.
And the Middle East conflict sends stocks spinning.
It's Tuesday, March 3rd.
I'm Alex Osula for The Wall Street Journal.
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It's been three days since the U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
President Trump today told reporters that who comes next in Iran isn't obvious,
and many of the country's would-be leaders have been killed.
We had some in mind from that group that is dead.
And now we have another group that may be dead also.
Based on reports and he suggested that someone inside the regime should be in charge It would seem to me that somebody from within might maybe would be more appropriate I've said that US officials are also saying that President Trump is open to supporting groups in Iran who could fight to dislodge the regime Journal national security reporter Vera Bergen grew in joins me now from Washington Okay,
Vera on a functional level who is actually running Iran right now So after the death of the Supreme Leader,
the country formed an interim council.