U.S. President Trump answered reporters' questions at an airport as he was preparing to travel from Washington to Texas.
Asked when gasoline prices in the United States would decline, Trump pointed to the November 3 congressional midterm elections and said the two sides were not currently engaged in active negotiations with Iran. Trump argued that the war would end immediately after the elections.
Trump also claimed that Iran was trying to influence the congressional midterm elections in the United States. He did not provide details about the claim.
Trump said the main objective of the war with Iran was to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons and reiterated this assessment of the war's purpose. Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, he asserted that the U.S. Navy had full control of the waterway and said that many oil tankers pass through it every day.