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US President Trump says Iran war objectives 'nearing completion' | BBC News

2026-04-02 News & Politics
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US President Donald Trump has told the nation in a televised speech that the US military has nearly completed its goals in the Iran war. He vowed to strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and finish the job "very fast", without setting any timeline for ending the conflict. In his primetime address, Trump called for countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz to show "courage" and seize the key waterway, which has been effectively closed by Iranian attacks since the conflict began. The president is grappling with rocketing gas prices and sliding personal popularity ratings as the war continues into its fifth week and US midterm elections loom in November. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #US #MiddleEast #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@dreamer5234 2026-04-02

Doesn't he say that every day?

236 11 replies
@Breadbiin 2026-04-02

He also said they had won a month ago…

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@noctislucis5862 2026-04-02

Now that he’s completely messed it up, tanked everyones economy and Iran (the country and regime that America has completely obliterated, decapitated and decimated) has apparently blocked the Strait, so he’s running away and telling everyone else to fix it.

138 12 replies
@johnhio1843 2026-04-02

He keeps saying its easy to open the strait, yet is completely unable to do so himself.

136 33 replies
@cedriclothritz7281 2026-04-02

In other words, he has almost figured out what the war objectives are.

131 10 replies
@dab88 2026-04-02

DOes this mean him and his cronies have made enough money to let the rest of the economy fail?

119 25 replies
@Jennieairita 2026-04-02

Does this imply that he and his associates have earned sufficient wealth to allow the remainder of the economy to collapse?

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@borisreljanovic7292 2026-04-02

In other words: Trump sh*t the Iran bed leaving it 4 room service 2 clean up... 🫣

57 3 replies
@zemlidrakona2915 2026-04-02

If it's been more than an hour after Trump said something, don't bother reporting it. It's already out of date.

53 2 replies
@martinquinn-c3u 2026-04-02

"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin d Roosevelt.

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