U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the failure of negotiations with Iran could lead to the destruction of the country's infrastructure.

Axar.az reports that Trump made the remarks in an interview with ABC News while discussing ongoing talks with Tehran.

Referring to the negotiations, Trump said peace talks were progressing but could be derailed by what he described as “ignorance or stupidity.”

“If people are stupid, we'll end up in something where we have to wipe out an entire infrastructure of a nation, and I don't think that's a good thing, because somebody's going to have to rebuild it,” Trump said.

He suggested that if the U.S. destroyed Iran’s infrastructure, the U.S. would likely end up helping to pay to rebuild it.

“Somebody's going to have to build all that infrastructure, new bridges, new this, new that, new power plants. You know, they're talking about a trillion dollars, probably more. And you know that's why we'll probably get involved in rebuilding, right, helping them rebuild,” Trump said.