The war in the Middle East is unlikely to end this weekthe American declared on Monday in the Oval Office prezident Donald Trump. According to him, however, the conflict that at the end of February provoked US-Israeli attacks on Iran, it will not take long. TASR informs about it according to BBC television. “I don’t think so, but it will be soon. It won’t be long,” Trump said when asked if the war could end this week.
The President stated that “had a duty” attack Iran because we will live in a “safer world” after the war is over. At the same time, he criticized Tehran for its retaliatory attacks on neighboring countries in the region. Trump added that the entire leadership of Iran is gone. “They’re all gone. My biggest problem is that I have no idea who we’re talking to… No one has ever heard of any of these people, they’re all dead.” said the president.
At the press conference, he also declared that countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, which obtain a large part of their oil through the Strait of Hormuz, should thank the United States. “And they shouldn’t just thank us, they should also help us,” Trump pointed out.
The Strait of Hormuz is a key maritime route through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil supplies are transported under normal conditions. However, it has remained virtually closed since the beginning of the conflict. In an interview with The Financial Times published on Sunday, the American president pointed out that the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) a “very bad” future awaits if US allies do not help reopen the strait.
At the same time, Trump declared in the Oval Office on Monday, that if he hadn’t ordered airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities last year, Tehran would already have a nuclear weapon. Currently, according to the US president, Iran only has about eight percent of its missiles and a small number of attack drones. He also stated that several countries – including NATO members – ho “very disappointing”when they did not support Washington in this war.
