India, April 15 -- President Donald Trump told ABC News' Jonathan Karl that he is not planning to extend the ceasefire amid the US-Iran war because he does not think it will be "necessary."

"I think you're going to be watching an amazing two days ahead," Trump said, as reported by Karl in an X post. "I really do."

Karl then asked Trump whether the war ends with a deal, or "do you just say, look, we knocked out their capability and that's it?"

Trump replied, "It could end either way, but I think a deal is preferable because then they can rebuild. They really do have a different regime now. No matter what, we took out the radicals. They're gone, no longer with us."

Trump then added, a statement Kark referred to as an "extraordinary clai...