AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump warns more U.S. troops will "likely" die in Iran attacks
President Trump presented on Sunday his case for going to war with Iran and toppling the current regime — and warned more U.S. soldiers will likely die before the operation ends. Why it matters: Trump is publicly bracing the country for a sustained, costly military campaign , a sign America has entered an open-ended war with a rising human cost . - Trump touted the elimination of Iran's supreme leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and framed the war as the only way to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed terrorist state. Driving the news: Trump spoke hours after the U.S. military announced three U.S. service members were killed and five wounded in the fighting. - "Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends," the president…