{"id":3207,"date":"2026-10-24T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2026-10-24T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:04:09","slug":"do-we-end-it-or-let-it-wither-trump-weighs-next-move-in-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3207","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Do we end it or let it wither?\u2019 Trump weighs next move in Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>President Donald \u200bTrump has said the United States could end the war with Iran \u200bquickly, but questioned \u200bwhether Washington should seek a \u2060swift conclusion or allow \u200bthe conflict to gradually \u200bwind down.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could end it very quickly,\u201d Trump said. \u201cDo we want \u200bto finish it off \u200bor just want to let it \u200cwither?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking \u2060to reporters on the White House South Lawn as he left on \u200ba \u200btrip \u2060to Florida on Friday, Trump said oil is \u200bgetting out through the \u200bStrait \u2060of Hormuz. \u201cWe are getting everything we want,\u2019 he \u2060said.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, speaking at a rally in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday, Trump said the United States could end the war with Iran soon, but questioned whether it should stop fighting or allow Tehran to become further weakened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is, do we end the war or do we let Iran get even weaker?\u201d Trump said, according to his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>He said oil was continuing to move through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that more oil was being exported through the strategic waterway than before the war.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also said the United States was extracting oil through the strait on its own terms and praised the US Navy for its performance.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Iran was facing economic difficulties, inflation and financial pressure, suggesting that the pressure on Tehran was mounting.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also vowed to turn his attention to Cuba after the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald \u200bTrump has said the United States could end the war with Iran \u200bquickly, but questioned \u200bwhether Washington should seek a \u2060swift conclusion or allow \u200bthe conflict to gradually \u200bwind down. \u201cWe could end it very quickly,\u201d Trump said. \u201cDo we want \u200bto finish it off \u200bor just want to let it \u200cwither?\u201d Speaking \u2060to reporters on the White House South Lawn as he left on \u200ba \u200btrip \u2060to Florida on Friday, Trump said oil is \u200bgetting out through the \u200bStrait \u2060of Hormuz. \u201cWe are getting everything we want,\u2019&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}