'It's close to over': Trump’s stunning prediction for the Iran war REVEALED
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US President Donald Trump Photograph: (AFP)
Is the Iran war really nearing its end—or just entering a new phase? US President Donald Trump says the conflict is “very close to being over,” even as tensions remain high around the Strait of Hormuz. So is this the beginning of the end, or just a pause before more escalation?
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday (Apr 14) that the conflict with Iran is nearing its end, offering his clearest signal yet that he views the war as winding down. The remarks came in an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, set to air Wednesday on "Mornings with Maria." When Bartiromo pressed him directly on whether the war was over, Trump stopped short of declaring victory but left little ambiguity about where he thinks things are headed. "I think it's close to over, yeah," he said. "I view it as very close to being over." Trump's statement comes as his second in command US Vice President JD Vance at a Turning Point event said that tensions between the US and Iran remain deeply rooted and the mistrust ‘cannot be resolved overnight’.
You'd be calling everyone in Iran 'Sir'
While insisting that the Iran war, which has already crossed its six week mark, was 'close to over', the POTUS also defended the decision to launch the campaign in the first place. Framing the war as a necessity to prevent nuclear proliferation, Trump said, "I had to divert because if I didn't do that, right now you'd have Iran with a nuclear weapon".
"And if they had a nuclear weapon, you'd be calling everyone over there 'sir,' and you don't want to do that."
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The comments come as the two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan earlier this month approaches its April 22 expiration date, with no new talks currently scheduled following the collapse of negotiations in Islamabad last weekend. The US maritime blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect, and the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is positioned roughly 200 kilometres off Iran's coastline.
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