Trump: The Iran issue will be resolved quickly and the war will end soon

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US President Donald Trump confirmed that the Iran issue will be resolved quickly, anticipating that the war will end very soon, that energy prices will return to their previous levels, and that gasoline prices will even fall below pre-war levels.

In statements he made to reporters in Arizona on Wednesday, Trump said that the war “will end very soon,” expressing his confidence that gasoline prices will decline once it ends.

He added that gasoline prices will fall to lower levels than they were before the war began, referring to his expectations regarding the repercussions of the end of military operations on energy markets.

Speaking about the reasons for the war, the US President said that the United States had to ensure that Iran did not possess a nuclear weapon.

Trump considered that Iran represented a serious threat if it were able to obtain this weapon, accusing Tehran of having for years been "the number one sponsor of terrorism in the world."

He claimed that Iran would have used nuclear weapons within 24 hours of possessing them, warning that this would have led to serious repercussions on the Middle East.

He also talked about potential threats to Europe and the West Coast of the United States, as part of his justification for military operations against Iran.

The US President described the cost of preventing Tehran from possessing a nuclear weapon as “a very small price,” compared to what he considered the risks that could have resulted from obtaining one.

Trump linked the end of the war to a decline in energy prices, stressing that American consumers will see a decline in gasoline prices after the military operations stop.

His statements reflect a political expectation that pressures on energy markets will ease with the end of the war, but they do not include a specific date for ending operations or details on how to reach a settlement with Iran.

The US President also did not specify the level he expected gasoline prices to reach, confining himself to confirming that they would become lower than they were before the outbreak of war.

These statements come at a time when Trump continues to stress that preventing Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon represents one of the main goals of US policy towards Tehran.