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Four ways a hasty Trump exit from the Iran war may not end the ... - CNN
US President Donald Trump is signaling that he may walk away from the Iran war, unilaterally stepping out without toppling the Islamic Republic, opening the Strait of Hormuz or securing a deal with Tehran to halt attacks on the United States and its allies. “Tonight, I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” Trump said in a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday, referring to damage inflicted on the country’s missile program, navy, army, and proxies. The president boasted that the “hard part is done” and is optimistic that such a move would ease the economic pain that Iran’s attacks on Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure have caused for consumers in the US and around the world. But Iran has insisted that it will choose when the war ends and is showing no signs of giving up until the US agrees to its demands. Tehran rejects “deadlines” and is prepared to fight on for “at least six months,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday. Here’s why the hard part of the war may be far from over: Trump declared on Tuesday that his “one goal” of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon “has been attained.” The US has bombed several Iranian nuclear facilities, but more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium that could be used to make a bomb are unaccounted for. Despite Trump’s assertion that the “very different people” who now rule Iran are “much more reasonable,” experts have reason to believe that Iran is now more likely to seek a bomb than it had been before the war. The previous supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who had issued a fatwa banning its development, was killed by Israel. Now hardliners in the country are demanding weaponization of the nuclear program, arguing that Iran’s status as a nuclear threshold state wasn’t an effective deterrent to prevent attacks. Having failed to topple the Islamic Republic, the US would be leaving in place a significantly more hardline regime where civilian leaders are being undermined by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Guards are likely to make Iran even more reclusive and significantly heighten the crackdown on liberties and dissent. An early exit from the Iran war would effectively amount to an acknowledgement of Washington’s failure to open the Strait of Hormuz through diplomatic or military pressure. Trump has said the strait would “just open up naturally” and gas prices will “come tumbling down” after a US exit, arguing that because...
Trump says Iran war's core objectives near completion
SummaryCompaniesTrump says to hit Iran hard for next 2-3 weeksTrump says US nearing completing of core objectives in IranSenior Iranian source says no talks via mediators on temporary ceasefireWASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - The United States will carry out aggressive strikes on Iran over the next two to three weeks and is nearing completion of its main strategic objectives in the war, President Donald Trump said in a prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday.Addressing a war-weary U.S. public, Trump said his military had delivered "swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield," during 32 days of military strikes and that Iran was no longer a security threat. Sign up here."I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly, very shortly," Trump said in a nationally televised address."We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong."Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since February 28, when the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, triggering Iranian attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and the Gulf states, while opening a new front in Lebanon.The conflict, which prompted Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz -- a key waterway carrying about a fifth of global oil supplies -- has rattled financial markets and weighed on Trump's sagging approval ratings months ahead of pivotal midterm congressional elections.Stocks fell and oil prices rose sharply after Trump's speech, with investors disappointed that a clearer path to swiftly ending the conflict was not spelled out.Trump said the United States does not need the Strait of Hormuz and he challenged U.S. allies who rely on oil in the region to work toward reopening it."Many Americans have been concerned to see the recent rise in gasoline prices here at home," Trump said. "This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers of neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict."The International Monetary Fund, World Bank and International Energy Agency on Wednesday warned the war was having "substantial, global and highly asymmetric" effects and said they would coordinate their response, including through potential financial support to those countries hit hardest.NUCLEAR THREATIn an interview with Reuters earlier on Wednesday, Trump s...
Trump makes his case for war with Iran, saying the conflict is ... - NPR
Trump used a prime-time address to outline his objectives for the war and discuss the military's progress to date. He also repeated an earlier claim that fighting could end in two to three weeks.
Trump Says Iran Fight Could End in Weeks but Threatens 'Stone Age ...
Trump says Iran objectives are "nearing completion," but offered no timeline as a 60-day War Powers clock ticks—raising questions about how long U.S. troops stay engaged.
