Washington, July 14 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) hosted newly appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the White House and declared that while American forces are prepared to shield Iraq from external threats, he expects military intervention will no longer be required, claiming that Iran is no longer a burden for Iraq.

During a bilateral meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister in the Oval Office, Trump noted that this first face-to-face engagement between the two leaders since al-Zaidi took office highlighted an immediate alignment on economic and strategic priorities.

"We have a tremendous chemistry together... he won an election that a lot of people didn't anticipate... it was very important to me to have ...