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

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David Sacks, the U.S. AI czar, suggests a withdrawal from the Iran war, citing degraded Iranian military capabilities. He advocates for de-escalation and potential ceasefire negotiations amid rising casualties and regional tensions.

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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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