Trump says he's holding off on striking Iran's bridges and power plants

President Donald Trump said Sunday he could destroy Iran's bridges and power plants now but is holding off. He said Iran's major bridges would take 10 to 15 years to rebuild, and power plants would be the second hardest to replace.

"Now, I could go in and blow them up right now. The problem with that is you'll never be able to rebuild it," Trump told reporters as he left Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump said the United States is "trying to end the war in Iran" by cutting the country off. He said a land blockade he calls Operation Iron Gate had just gone into effect, so that nothing comes in by land, and a naval blockade stops anything coming in by water. He said Iran isn't paying its soldiers and has 301% inflation. "And at some point, they're going to be reasonable," he said.

He said earlier U.S. B-2 bomber strikes had knocked out Iran's nuclear capacity and that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.

Trump declared a ceasefire with Iran over on July 8 after U.S. strikes on Iranian targets.

A strike reported Nov. 3 on Qeshm Island was described as targeting Iranian personnel firing surface-to-air missiles at the United States, not an identified nuclear facility. Asked Nov. 6 about reported strikes near Qeshm Island, Trump said he didn't want to talk about it but that the United States does "minor strikes" and had knocked out an anti-aircraft device.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Nov. 4, after reported U.S. strikes, that "no one will benefit from this war."