{"id":14493,"date":"2026-03-10T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14493"},"modified":"2026-03-10T02:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:03:00","slug":"trump-says-us-israeli-war-on-iran-will-be-over-very-soon-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14493","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US-Israeli war on Iran will be over \u2018very soon\u2019 | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>US president speaks in Florida after a call with Putin, who reportedly said he wanted to be \u2018helpful\u2019 on the Middle East war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has said that he expects the war on Iran to be over \u201cvery soon\u201d after dubbing the past 10 days of war, which have wrought devastation on Iran, a \u201cshort-term excursion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media in Doral, Florida, Trump claimed that the US and Israel had struck 5,000 targets since the war began on February 28, when Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Trump spoke as Iran\u2019s hardliners staged a show of loyalty to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei \u2013 the former supreme leader\u2019s son \u2013 whose appointment was confirmed on Sunday amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, civilian areas and critical infrastructure, such as oil refineries and a desalination plant.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump appeared to say hostilities would soon end, he nevertheless threatened a larger attack on Iran if it continued to block shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which has led to a major spike in oil prices, with Brent crude, the international benchmark, at one point topping $119 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not allow a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop the globe\u2019s oil supply. And if Iran does anything to do that, they\u2019ll get hit at a much, much harder level,\u201d the US president said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the US was putting an end to threats in the Strait of Hormuz, offering political risk insurance to tankers operating in the Gulf\u201d and asserting, \u201cWe\u2019ll perhaps go alongside them for protection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the US and Israel were continuing to target Iran\u2019s drone and missile stocks. \u201cStarting today, we know all of the places they manufacture drones, and they\u2019re being hit one after the another,\u201d he said, adding that the country\u2019s \u201cmissile capability\u201d was \u201cdown to about 10 percent, maybe less\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"short-term-excursion\">\u2018Short-term excursion\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier, Trump had told a gathering of Republicans at his golf club in Doral that the war in Iran was a \u201cshort-term excursion\u201d, while insisting that the offensive would continue \u201cuntil the enemy is totally and decisively defeated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some people,\u201d Trump told assembled guests. \u201cWe\u2019ve already won in many ways, but we haven\u2019t won enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s appearance at the news conference came on the back of his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Trump said Putin wanted \u201cto be helpful\u201d on the latter conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018You could be more helpful by getting the Ukraine war over with. That will be more helpful.\u2019 But we had a very good talk,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Trump, Putin had on Monday congratulated Mojtaba Khamenei on succeeding his late father as supreme leader, reaffirming Moscow\u2019s support for Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the new supreme leader, Trump said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d about the selection. \u201cWe \u2060think it\u2019s going \u2060to lead to just more \u2060of the same problem \u2060for \u2060the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked \u2060whether the new \u2060leader had a target on his back, Trump said it \u200cwould be \u201cinappropriate\u201d for him to say.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has said it will target for assassination any new Iranian leader chosen to replace Ayatollah Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Referring back to last year\u2019s 12-day war, Trump reiterated claims that if the US and Israel had not launched their joint offensive to \u201cknock out the Iranian potential\u201d, Iran would have a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would\u2019ve used it long before now, and at a minimum, Israel would have been annihilated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president speaks in Florida after a call with Putin, who reportedly said he wanted to be \u2018helpful\u2019 on the Middle East war. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info United States President Donald Trump has said that he expects the war on Iran to be over \u201cvery soon\u201d after dubbing the past 10 days of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}