Trump says Iran conflict will finish ‘SOON’ as gasoline costs hit new excessive and Republicans concern midterm massacre

Donald Trump said the war with Iran will end ‘soon’ as the global economy reels from soaring oil prices triggered by the conflict.

‘Little this and that… Any time I want it to end, it will end,’ Trump said in a brief phone call with Axios on Wednesday. 

‘The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period.’

As the president claims his war goals in the Middle East are largely accomplished, Israeli and US officials say they are preparing to continue striking Iran for at least two more weeks.

Seven US service members have been killed after Donald Trump launched strikes against Iran on February 28.

The human toll comes amid mounting concerns over the financial cost, the Pentagon having burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of the war.

Gas prices have rocketed to an average of $3.6 per gallon from $2.9 before the war began, as oil prices hit levels not seen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Trump said earlier this week that he hoping for a swift end following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump told reporters US forces are ‘very far ahead of schedule’, claiming Iran’s military has effectively been destroyed.