White House AI Czar Says US Should Declare Victory and End Iran Conflict
By Reuters | 13 Mar, 2026

David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto head, declared on the All-In Podcast that the US should find an off-ramp as military escalation hasn't produced positive results.

A woman sits outside her destroyed apartment after it was damaged by an airstrike while she was inside, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Alaa Al Marjani

White House AI czar David Sacks said on Friday the U.S. should "declare victory and get out" of its war on Iran, a rare instance of a prominent figure in Donald Trump's administration calling for an exit from the Iran conflict. 

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"This is a good time to declare victory and get out," said Sacks, Trump's crypto and AI czar, in an appearance on the"All-In Podcast."

Sacks said the U.S. had degraded Iran's militarycapabilities.

"I agree that we should try to find the off-ramp," he added.  "If escalation doesn't lead anywhere good, then you have to think about, well, how do you de-escalate?  De-escalation, I think, involves reaching some sort of ceasefire agreement or some sort of negotiated settlement with Iran," he said.

The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.  Iran and its ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah, have responded with strikes on Israel and other countries in the Middle East.

The war has shaken global markets and raised oil prices.

Iran's U.N. ambassador says over 1,300 people have beenkilled in Iran in U.S. and Israeli attacks.  Israel says 12 people have been killed in Israel by Iranian attacks. The U.S. military says seven of its members have been killed.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by William Mallard)