White House AI czar says US should 'declare victory and get out' of Iran war

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - White House AI czar David Sacks said on Friday the U.S. should “declare ​victory and get out” of its war on Iran, ‌a rare instance of a prominent figure in Donald Trump’s administration calling for an exit from the Iran conflict.

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• “This is a good time to ​declare victory and get out,” Sacks, Trump’s ⁠crypto and AI czar, said in an appearance ​on the “All-In Podcast.”

• Sacks said the U.S. had degraded Iran’s ​military capabilities.

• “I agree that we should try to find the off-ramp,” he added.

• “If escalation doesn’t lead anywhere good, then you ​have to think about, well, how do you ​de-escalate? De-escalation, I think, involves reaching some sort of ceasefire ‌agreement ⁠or some sort of negotiated settlement with Iran,” he said.

• The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. Iran and its ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah, ​have responded with ​strikes on ⁠Israel and other countries in the Middle East.

• The war has shaken global markets ​and raised oil prices.

• Iran’s U.N. ambassador ​says ⁠over 1,300 people have been killed in Iran in U.S. and Israeli attacks. Israel says 12 people have been ⁠killed ​in Israel by Iranian attacks. ​The U.S. military says seven of its members have been killed.

Reporting ​by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by William Mallard

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Kanishka Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs in his current role. His past breaking news coverage has spanned across a range of topics like the Black Lives Matter movement; the US elections; the 2021 Capitol riots and their follow up probes; the Brexit deal; US-China trade tensions; the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan; the COVID-19 pandemic; and a 2019 Supreme Court verdict on a religious dispute site in his native India.

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