Trump calls Strait of Hormuz situation none of America’s business

President Donald Trump stated that the United States could be done with its war with Iran within two to three weeks, adding that reopening the Strait of Hormuz should be the concern of other countries, not the US.

“We have had regime change. Now, regime change was not one of the things I had as a goal. I had one goal: they will have no nuclear weapon, and that goal has been attained. They will not have nuclear weapons. But we’re finishing the job, and I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer, to do the job. But we want to knock out every single they have,” Trump said from the Oval Office.

The president noted that the conflict could end sooner if an agreement is reached.

“It’s possible that we’ll have a deal because they want to make a deal. They want to make a deal more than I want to make a deal. But in a fairly short period of time, we’ll be finished,” he said.

“Now we have a group of people that’s very — that are very different. They’re much more reasonable,” he added, expressing optimism about the negotiations.

Trump emphasised that reopening the Strait of Hormuz should be the responsibility of other nations.

“If France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, you go up through the strait and — the Hormuz Strait — they’ll go right up there, and they’ll be able to fend for themselves,” he said.

“What happens in the Strait, we are not going to have anything to do with,” he concluded.

By Jeyhun Aghazada