Trump downplayed his desire to use force, but said that “sometimes you have to,” though he added he had not made a final decision yet.

When asked about the prospect of regime change in Iran if the United States intervened, the president said “Nobody knows.”

“There might be and there might not be,” Trump said. “It would be nice if we could do it without, but sometimes you have to do it with. Look, we have the greatest military anywhere in the world, there’s nothing close, I’d love not to use it, but sometimes you have to.”

Trump made the comments during an informal press conference with reporters on the South Lawn as he departed the White House en route to a campaign event in Corpus Christie, Texas, before next week’s competitive U.S. Senate primary elections.

The president was also asked about a report he is under pressure to declare a national emergency regarding elections and to sign a corresponding executive order before November’s contests.

“No,” he said when asked if he was considering it. “I’ve never heard about it.”

In addition, Trump expressed some empathy for former President Bill Clinton, who was deposed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Chappaqua, New York, on Friday, one day after the panel did the same to his wife, Hillary, regarding convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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“I don’t like seeing him deposed. But they certainly went after me more than that,” he said.

Trump’s appearance in Texas has been previewed as an opportunity for him to underscore his energy policies as well.