New Delhi, March 10 -- President Donald Trump offered sharply conflicting signals on Monday about the trajectory of the United States-Israeli war against Iran, first suggesting the campaign was nearly complete "very complete, pretty much," before warning hours later that American forces could escalate their attacks if Tehran attempted to disrupt global energy supplies.

Earlier Monday, Trump appeared to indicate that the campaign had already achieved much of its objective. In a phone interview with CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang, the president characterised the operation as largely finished.

"The war 'is very complete, pretty much,'" Trump said. He added, "We're very far ahead of schedule."

Those remarks briefly calmed global energy mar...