Trump says he was ‘an hour away’ from launching strikes
President Donald Trump has expressed his hopes that the Iran conflict will not continue but said that the US may have to order “another big hit” on the Islamic Republic.
The US president said he was “an hour away” from launching fresh attacks before allies in the Middle East asked him to postpone them, due to the possibility of a peace deal being agreed.
He said that America’s decision would be known “very soon”.
“I hope we don’t have to do the war, but we may have to give them another big hit… I’m not sure yet. You’ll know very soon,” he told reporters.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar20 May 2026 04:12
Trump says Iran war will end ‘very quickly’
President Donald Trump has said that the Iran war will end “very quickly” while attending a Congressional picnic Tuesday night, Washington time.
“We’re blowing everything away, and we’re going to end that war very quickly. They want to make a deal so badly, they’re tired of this,” he said of the Iranians.
He reassured Americans struggling with high gas prices that they will see “oil prices plummet.”
“They’re going to come down. There’s so much oil out there, they’re going to come plummeting down,” he said.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar20 May 2026 04:12
Iran war briefing:
- President Donald Trump has said that the Iran war will end “very quickly” and that Tehran wanted to “make a deal so badly, they’re tired of this”
- Trump also claimed that he was “an hour away” from launching fresh strikes on Iran before his Gulf allies asked him to postpone them
- Russia’s deputy foreign ministry has offered Moscow’s help with talks between the US and Iran over their ongoing military conflict
- Oil prices eased on Wednesday as Brent crude oil futures fell 45 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $110.83 a barrel. The US West Texas Intermediate futures were down 27 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $103.88
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar20 May 2026 04:11
