WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he is not ruling out sending U.S. ground troops into Iran if necessary.

"I don't have the yips with respect to boots on the ground -- like every president says, 'There will be no boots on the ground,' I don't say it," Trump told New York Post in an interview.

"I say 'probably don't need them,' (or) 'if they were necessary,'" he said. ■