US President insists Tehran will never acquire nuclear weapons, claims American strikes have weakened Iran’s military and says naval blockade will maintain pressure until the confrontation is resolved.
Washington, October 2026 : US President Donald Trump has predicted that the conflict involving Iran will end soon, forecasting a sharp decline in oil prices while insisting that Tehran will never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons.
Speaking at a Columbus Day celebration in the East Room of the White House, Trump claimed that the United States had significantly weakened Iran’s military capabilities and imposed a naval blockade to maintain pressure on the country.
“The prices will come tumbling, and it’s going to be over soon, one way or the other. We can do it either way, very simple, but one way or the other, it’s going to be over very soon,” Trump said.
The President made the remarks during an address primarily focused on honouring Christopher Columbus and celebrating the contributions of Italian Americans. However, he also used the occasion to discuss the conflict with Iran, American military operations and the potential impact of the confrontation on energy prices.
Trump maintained that preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons remained the central objective of the US campaign and claimed that Washington had already achieved significant progress towards that goal.
Describing Iran’s military capabilities as severely diminished, he said, “They have no military; they have no navy; they have no air force; they have no anti-aircraft things.”
The President also referred to military operations around the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important maritime passage through which a substantial volume of international oil shipments travels.
Trump claimed that American forces had taken out 28 million barrels the previous day but did not clarify precisely what the figure referred to.
“The Navy is, we put a blockade up; nobody gets through,” he said, indicating that Washington intended to continue applying military and economic pressure until the confrontation was resolved.
Trump Links End of Conflict to Lower Fuel Prices
Trump repeatedly connected the expected end of the conflict with a decline in energy prices, arguing that American consumers could benefit once hostilities ended.
Recalling a visit to Iowa, he said he had seen petrol prices of $1.95 and $1.85 per gallon and suggested that prices could return to those levels.
“We’ll be down to those levels soon,” he said.
However, the President did not provide a specific timeframe for the anticipated decline in fuel prices or explain how quickly markets would respond to an end to the conflict.
Oil prices are influenced by several factors, including global supply and demand, shipping disruptions, production decisions and geopolitical risks. Developments around the Strait of Hormuz are particularly significant because of the waterway’s importance to international energy trade.
Trump Defends Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities
The President also defended earlier American military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, claiming that Tehran had been only weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon before the attacks.
“If we didn’t attack them with the B-2 bombers early on, they were two weeks away, maybe three weeks away from having a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
He argued that the strikes had prevented a wider regional catastrophe and maintained that Iran would not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons.
Trump claimed that Tehran could have used such a weapon against Israel and potentially threatened other countries, including the United States and European nations. He specifically mentioned Los Angeles and San Diego as possible American targets, but offered no supporting evidence for those claims during the address.
“They’re not going to have a nuclear weapon; it’s actually a very small price to pay,” he said, reiterating his position that preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons justified the military action.
Despite his prediction that the conflict would end soon, Trump did not announce a ceasefire, disclose details of any negotiations with Tehran or provide a timetable for ending hostilities.
His remarks came during a wide-ranging White House celebration in which he also addressed immigration, crime, historical monuments and construction projects at the presidential complex. The President’s comments offered no concrete indication of when the confrontation might end, even as he expressed confidence that the conflict would soon be resolved.
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