Donald Trump said on Monday that he wants to avoid war with Iran, a day after warning that the United States was “locked and loaded” in response to attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

“Do I want war? I don’t want war with anybody,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Monday afternoon during a meeting with the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, later adding: “We have the strongest military in the world.”

Trump cited U.S. fighter jets, missiles and other systems as the best of their kind

“With all that being said, we’d certainly like to avoid it,” he said of a potential military conflict.

Top Trump administration officials have blamed Tehran for the attack on the two oil sites in Saudi Arabia.

Trump told reporters Monday it “certainly would look” as if Iran was behind the attack but said the U.S. was awaiting final confirmation.

“Well, it’s looking that way,” Trump told reporters when asked if Iran was responsible for the Saudi attacks, though he wouldn’t say for certain.

“We’ll let you know definitively,” Trump continued. “That’s being checked out right now.”

“We think we know who it was,” he continued. “It would look to most like it was Iran.”

Trump said the attack “could be met with an attack many many times larger from our country.”

Trump also said Monday that diplomacy hadn’t been exhausted with Iran, telling reporters, “I know they want to make a deal.”

He also said he did not promise Saudi Arabia he would protect them.

“No, I haven’t promised the Saudis that,” Trump said. “We have to sit down with the Saudis and work something out.”

Trump also said our military is more prepared for war than any country in history…of any history.

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Trump says the United States "is more prepared than any country" in history for war 😳 pic.twitter.com/kQZlUm7m53

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2019