US President Trump: War will end in โ€˜two or three weeks

In a telephonic interview with NBC News late Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that he believes the war on Iran is โ€œcoming to an endโ€.

When asked what he was going to bring oil prices back down, โ€œall I have to do is leave Iran โ€“ and weโ€™ll be doing that very soon. Then prices will โ€œcome tumbling down.โ€

He further spoke on keeping the strait of Hormuz open - โ€œThatโ€™s not for us. Thatโ€™ll be for France. Thatโ€™ll be for whoeverโ€™s using the strait.โ€

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Weโ€™re doing great. And itโ€™s coming to an end.

The people weโ€™re dealing with [in Iran] are much more reasonable and not as radicalised.

We will not have an Iran with nuclear weapons โ€ฆ I have to go, I have a war to prosecute.

Now weโ€™re finishing the job.

I think in two weeks or maybe a few days longer, weโ€™ll do the job. We want to knock out everything theyโ€™ve got.