by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2026 Non-AI Real World News
“Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large-scale losses in a matter of weeks,” President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation Wednesday night on the Iran conflict.
The president said Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz, including attacks on commercial oil tankers, provide stark evidence that the Islamic Republic’s nuclear weapons program should be obliterated.
Trump predicted the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for oil and gas flows during the conflict, would “open up naturally” once the conflict subsides.
“They’re going to want to be able to sell oil, because that’s all they have to try and rebuild,” Trump said. “It will resume the flowing, and the gas prices will rapidly come back down.”
Trump blamed Iran for the spike in fuel costs, saying prices will be lower soon.
“This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers in neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict,” Trump said. “This is yet more proof that Iran can never be trusted with nuclear weapons.”
European allies and others that rely on the oil will need to maintain security in Hormuz, as the United States is and will remain energy independent, according to the president.
“They must grab it and cherish it. They can do it easily,” Trump said. “We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on.”
In the hours before the president’s remarks, U.S. forces announced they had struck more than 12,300 Iranian targets since commencing combat operations—known as Operation Epic Fury—on Feb. 28. Israeli forces have also conducted thousands of strikes on Iran over the past month.
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