Trump Says US Will Win Iran War 'Very Soon'

President Donald Trump has acknowledged again that his campaign against Iran, which began more than seven months ago, has not ended, after months of saying the fighting was effectively over.

Speaking to reporters on Monday during an Oval Office photo opportunity, Trump said the war would end soon. “We’re going to win that war very soon,” he said.

The comments echoed remarks he made the previous day during an appearance connected to a golf tournament outside Chicago, when he told Fox News: “I think what’s going to happen is we’re going to win the war very soon.”

Claims Of Victory Revisited

Trump’s latest language marks a shift from repeated statements earlier in the year in which he suggested the conflict was already finished.

In March, at a rally in Kentucky on 11 March, Trump said the war had ended quickly, declaring: “We won. You know, you never like to say too early you won. We won.” He added that the outcome was settled “in the first hour”.

On other occasions, Trump said a peace deal was days or even hours away, and argued that Iran was seeking an agreement. At a 8 June speech in South Carolina, he said Iran was “willing to give us everything”, and told supporters he would “declare total victory” within two weeks.

White House officials did not respond to requests for comment about why the president’s assessment has changed or who, if anyone, had “won” the conflict.

Republicans Press For An End

The dispute has not had majority support among Americans and has become less popular as the months have passed, according to the reporting. In recent weeks, Republicans running for election to the House and Senate have begun calling for an end to the war, as well.

Gas Prices And Inflation

Trump’s new comments also came as he sought to explain recent increases in fuel costs, saying they would fall as the conflict concludes.

On Monday, he told reporters that the war would end and that gasoline and diesel prices would “come tumbling down”. Later, he added that as soon as the war ended, inflation would be “eradicated totally”.

A Democratic National Committee spokesperson, Jaelin O’Halloran, criticised the administration’s approach, saying Trump promised no more endless wars and lower prices, but instead took the country into another costly conflict with no way out, contributing to higher prices for items including gas and groceries.

Nuclear Threat Rationale

Trump has continued to argue that the United States attacked Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon, while not mentioning that the amount of enriched uranium Iran possesses today was refined after Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement negotiated by former President Barack Obama in 2015 and which Iran had been honouring.

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30 September 2026