President Donald Trump said on Thursday the the U.S. has “already won” the war in Iran, even as he continues to pressure Tehran to make a deal with the U.S.
During an interview with Newsmax’s Greta Van Susteren, the president declared that the U.S. had already achieved victory, but said he wanted to win by a “bigger margin.”
“We’ve already won, but I want to win by a bigger margin,” he said. “But we have. We have destroyed their navy, destroyed their air force, destroyed all of their — if you look at their anti-aircraft equipment, their radar equipment, their leadership, their leadership is destroyed.”
Despite his insistence that Iran is already beaten, the president is continuing his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, convinced that Tehran will soon buckle to economic pressure and make a deal with the U.S.
On Sunday, Trump told Fox News that Iran’s oil wells were three days away from “exploding.”
“They say they have only three days left before that happens. When it explodes, you can never rebuild it the way it was,” he said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked Trump’s prediction on Thursday.
“3 days in, no well exploded. We could extend to 30 and livestream the well here,” he wrote on his X account.
Trump has previously insisted that Iran “badly wants a deal” but that the peace process is being stalled as they “don’t know who their leaders are.”
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Maroosha Muzaffar1 May 2026 04:04
