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Trump Declares Victory Over Iran Even as the Conflict Escalates

OilPrice · RFE/RL staff · last updated
US President Donald ‌Trump claimed the United States has “won” the war against Iran ‌but says its forces will continue to attack until the job is finished, while Tehran has hit at least six vessels in the region and vowed further strikes. “You never like ‌to say too early you won. We won,” Trump said during a campaign-style rally in Kentucky on March 11. “In the first hour it ‌was over,” he said. Comments from Trump and the White House over recent days have varied, from speculating that the war could last four to six weeks or…