U.S. President ​Donald Trump said on ​Wednesday evening that ⁠Iran ⁠has ‌been decimated and that the ⁠hard part of ‌the war is done, telling Americans that his "core strategic objectives" are near completion and that the war will end soon. But while he said Iran is "really no longer a threat," he gave no precise timeline for when the conflict would end. "This short-term ⁠increase ⁠has been entirely the result ​of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers of neighbouring countries that ​have nothing to do ⁠with the conflict," Trump said. Earlier in the day, Trump claimed that Iran was asking for a ceasefire, a claim Iran denied making. Thousands of additional U.S. troops are currently heading to the Middle East, but Trump offered no insight Wednesday as to what they would be doing.

Source: CBC News April 02, 2026 14:03 UTC