‘Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks’, US president says
2-MIN READ2-MIN2 ListenKhushboo Razdanin WashingtonPublished: 9:22am, 2 Apr 2026Updated: 9:32am, 2 Apr 2026US President Donald Trump declared the US‑Israel war against Iran has delivered “decisive, overwhelming victories” on Wednesday, signalling that military objectives have been achieved and the month‑long operation is set to wind down, even as the conflict has rapidly escalated into a regional and global crisis.
Trump, an America-First president, suggested he would leave the Strait of Hormuz blockade to be managed by other countries, naming China, France, Japan and South Korea, which rely on the strategic chokepoint that handles about 34 per cent of global seaborne crude oil trade.
“We don’t have to be there. We don’t need their oil. We don’t need anything, they have, but we’re there to help our allies,” he told the American people, speaking from the Oval Office.
“Armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield – victories like few people have ever seen before,” Trump said.
“Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks,” he added, claiming that Iran’s navy was “absolutely destroyed” and the air force was in “ruins”.
“Their leaders, most of them terrorist regime they led, are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak,” he said.
