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While aboard Air Force One on Friday evening, President Donald Trump sent out a post on Truth Social indicating that his administration is considering \u201cwinding down<\/a>\u201d the war operation in Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran,\u201d the president wrote.<\/p>\n Trump went on to detail the objectives that have been met in Iran: \u201c(1) Completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them. (2) Destroying Iran\u2019s Defense Industrial Base. (3) Eliminating their Navy and Air Force, including Anti Aircraft Weaponry. (4) Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear Capability, and always being in a position where the U.S.A. can quickly and powerfully react to such a situation, should it take place. (5) Protecting, at the highest level, our Middle Eastern Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others. The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it \u2014 The United States does not! If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn\u2019t be necessary once Iran\u2019s threat is eradicated. Importantly, it will be an easy Military Operation for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Aboard Air Force One: POTUS sent his latest Truth back to the press. pic.twitter.com\/sJ71zfM2gr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The president\u2019s message comes as the war in Iran reaches the end of its third week and oil prices continue to rise.<\/p>\n In addition to the Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz nuclear facilities that were severely damaged in the June 2025 \u201cOperation Midnight Hammer\u201d bunker buster strikes by the United States, \u201cOperation Epic Fury\u201d has targeted thousands of strategic sites in Iran, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) command centers, missile and drone launch locations, air defense systems, ballistic missile production facilities, and many others. The United States even struck military sites on Iran\u2019s Kharg Island<\/a> \u2014 something Trump predicted he might do as far back as the 1980s.<\/p>\n A key pain point in the war has been the near impassability of the Strait of Hormuz, a shipping lane through which approximately 20 percent of the world\u2019s oil transits, which Iran has held hostage as the war drags on. Additionally, Iran has continued to fire missiles and drones at Israel, as well as other Gulf states, in retaliation for the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n As of Friday, deceased former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s son Mojtaba Khamenei stands as the nation\u2019s new leader, though he has not appeared publicly since his father\u2019s death. During a press briefing<\/a> last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that \u201cIran\u2019s leadership is \u2026 underground, cowering. That\u2019s what rats do. We know the new so-called not-so supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n