Trump says Iran war will be ‘over soon’, claims US stopped Tehran from getting nuclear weapon
Speaking at a White House event, Trump also predicted that gas prices would fall, saying the conflict would end “one way or the other”.
US President Donald Trump declared that Americans "shouldn't worry now" as the country had successfully prevented Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon during a speech at a White House Columbus Day celebration. Claiming that 28 million barrels of oil were extracted on Thursday, Trump promised that diesel prices would "tumble." He further stated that the US placed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, making it impassable for any vessel.
Simultaneously, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Armed Corps (IRGC) targeted a ship and threatened retribution against any further "illegal" tankers using the waterway.
The remarks from Trump come in the wake of Iran's evaluation of Washington's response to a proposal that would reopen the Strait within seven days. Regarding Iran's military capabilities, Trump stated that Tehran possessed "no military, no navy, no air force, no anti-aircraft things." He added, "It's gonna be over soon, one way or the other."
Trump claimed that if the US military had not intervened with B-2 bombers, Iran would have been "two or three weeks away" from having a nuclear weapon. He warned that they would have used it quickly and devastated the Middle East, starting with Israel before turning their attention to the US.
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