Trump hinted that the conflict in the Middle East could end soon. Speaking on CBS, he said, “I think the war is almost over” adding that the United States is “far ahead of schedule”. When asked whether the war might end this week, he replied, “No” but emphasized that it would finish “soon”.
At the same time, Trump warned Iran: “Death, fire, and wrath” would follow if the country continued to disrupt oil transport in the region. On Truth Social, he said Iran would be struck “twenty times harder” if it kept actions that block the oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz, and that the U.S. would target easily destroyable sites to make it virtually impossible for Iran to rebuild as a nation. He expressed hope and prayer that such measures would not become necessary.
Earlier, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced that Arab and European countries could transit the Strait of Hormuz from Tuesday onward, provided they expel U.S. and Israeli ambassadors from Iranian jurisdiction.
