Trump holding nationwide address tomorrow night for "important" Iran war update

President Trump is readying to present a prime-time code Wednesday nighttime to "provide an important update connected Iran," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt announced connected X.

Leavitt did not springiness immoderate different details connected the address, which is acceptable for 9 p.m. ET. But it comes astatine an important clip successful the monthlong struggle with Iran, arsenic Mr. Trump publically signals that helium is looking to onslaught a woody with Iran and wrapper the warfare up successful a substance of weeks — and arsenic helium privately weighs whether to usage crushed forces, CBS News reported earlier this month. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier Tuesday that the "upcoming days volition beryllium decisive."  

Mr. Trump told reporters Tuesday day helium expects the warfare with Iran to extremity successful "two weeks, possibly three," arguing that the U.S.'s halfway nonsubjective of degrading Iran's subject has mostly been achieved. He has also said immoderate countries that trust connected Middle Eastern petroleum should beryllium liable for getting their lipid done the Strait of Hormuz themselves, hinting that the U.S. whitethorn not instrumentality a starring relation successful reopening the cardinal waterway, which Iran has efficaciously unopen down. 

The president told CBS News' Weijia Jiang connected Tuesday helium isn't prepared to retreat U.S. forces from efforts to propulsion Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz "quite yet," but different countries "have to travel successful and instrumentality attraction of it." 

Mr. Trump has besides expressed immoderate optimism astir the authorities of U.S.-Iran bid talks successful caller days. Iran has denied that it is negotiating with the U.S., but confirmed that the 2 sides person exchanged messages done mediators.

At the aforesaid time, hundreds of U.S. Special Operations Forces — including Navy SEALS and Army Rangers — are present successful the Middle East, on with Marines and Army paratroopers, giving Mr. Trump options to perchance grow the scope of the war, CBS News has reported. 

Earlier this month, Pentagon officials began preparing options for deploying crushed forces to Iran. The Trump medication has strategized whether to motorboat a high-risk mission to usage Special Operations Forces to prehend Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, sources told CBS News earlier this month, though helium had not appeared to marque a determination astatine that point. 

There's besides been nationalist treatment astir whether the U.S. volition bid immoderate benignant of cognition against Kharg Island, an Iranian territory that handles astir of the country's lipid exports. 

"Great advancement has been made but, if for immoderate crushed a woody is not soon reached, which it astir apt volition be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not instantly 'Open for Business,' we volition reason our beauteous 'stay' successful Iran by blowing up and wholly obliterating each of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and perchance each desalinization plants!), which we person purposefully not yet 'touched,'" the president wrote successful a Truth Social station connected Monday. 

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