U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would achieve a “total victory” over Iran within the next two weeks.
According to Jin10, Trump made the remarks on June 8 during a phone-based campaign event for South Carolina U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham. He said the United States and Iran were still in talks, and claimed Iran wanted to reach an agreement and was willing to accept key U.S. conditions, including not possessing nuclear weapons.
Trump said he believed the United States was “winning this contest,” and that “real victory” would come within two weeks. He added that when the United States announced “total victory,” it would be a complete victory and would happen soon, and he said oil prices would fall sharply at that time.
U.S. media reports noted that this was not the first time Trump had said major progress would come “within two weeks.” The reports also said a U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement announced on April 7 in U.S. Eastern Time was initially set to “last two weeks” to allow both sides to complete negotiations on a final agreement to end the conflict.