WATCH: President Trump asked about ‘exit strategy’ for Iran war

LONG TIME THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE. >> ABOUT IRAN, WHAT IS THE EXIT. STRATEGY? >> President Trump: I THINK. THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. THERE IS A MILITARY EXIT, WHERE. WE JUST KEEP GOING JUST THE WAY. WE ARE AND WE COULD EVEN MAKE IT. A HEAVIER DOSE. AND IT'S KNOCKING OUT EVERYTHING. THAT THEY HAVE. OR THERE IS A SMARTER STRATEGY, YOU MAKE A DEAL, AND THEY WANT. TO MAKE A DEAL. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY ARE. READY YET BUT THEY DO WANT TO. MAKE A DEAL. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY. THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL.

THEY WANT TO BE THE TOUGH GUYS. BUT THEY DO WANT TO MAKE A DEAL. THERE ARE TWO WAYS. YOU CAN JUST KEEP DOING EXACTLY. WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TAKE THEM. APART PIECE BY PIECE. WE COULD DO IT IN A MORE RAPID. FASHION WHICH WE MIGHT DO, OR WE. CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THEM, WHICH. WE'RE ALSO DOING RIGHT NOW. AS WE SPEAK, WE'RE TALKING TO. THEM. >> YOU SAID TODAY RUSSIA AND. CHINA ARE NOT HELPING. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE WAR. SECRETARY HEGSETH SAID THEY ARE. ENABLING. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

>> President Trump: WELL, I. DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE. ENABLING. I WILL TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT. XI SAID HE'LL NOT PARTAKE, AND. PRESIDENT PUTIN SAID THE SAME. THING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I TRUST THEM. DO THEY -- A L.