Iran's New Regime President on Wednesday has asked US for a ceasefire, said US President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social. He further added that he will consider it 'when Hormuz Strait is open, free and clear'.
"Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!," he said in his post on Wednesday.
The comments come after he hinted at ending the Iran war sooner, saying that the US is not going to be there too much longer, despite Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warning that the upcoming days in Tehran will be decisive amid escalating tensions.
In a telephonic interview with the New York Post, Trump said, “We're not going to be there too much longer. We're obliterating the s–t out of them right now, it's a total obliteration. But we won't have to be there much longer.”
However, Trump added that they have more work to do in terms of killing the offensive.
Trump also said that other countries can sort out the Strait of Hormuz, claiming the key shipping route will open automatically.
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The United States could be done with its five week-long war with Iran within two to three weeks, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. He added that it's possible the war will end sooner if a deal is reached on Tehran giving up any capability to develop a nuclear weapon.
"We have had regime change. Now, regime change was not one of the things I had as a goal. I had one goal: they will have no nuclear weapon, and that goal has been attained. They will not have nuclear weapons. But we're finishing the job, and I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer, to do the job. But we want to knock out every single they have," Trump said from the Oval Office.
"It's possible that we'll have a deal because they want to make a deal. They want to make a deal more than I want to make a deal. But in a fairly short period of time, we'll be finished," Trump said.
"Now we have a group of people that's very, that are very different. They're much more reasonable," he said, projecting optimism about talks.
Trump called on other nations to take control of the Strait of Hormuz, expressing his frustration that the war is unresolved and the latest sign he is looking to exit the conflict as oil and gas prices surge.
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