Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day

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Dixon, M. (2026, September 10). Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950

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President Donald Trump made a speech at the Republican party's midterm convention in Dallas, using the war with Iran as a campaign issue. He claimed that the war will end "very shortly after the election", despite it being in its seventh month and polls showing 69% of Americans disapprove of his handling of the war. Several attendees at the convention expressed support for Trump's actions, citing concerns about Iran developing a nuclear weapon. Trump also predicted that oil and gas prices will decrease once the war is over.
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The Trump administration announced an arrangement with Venezuela last week that would see the US gain control over 65 billion barrels worth of oil fields, representing about one-fifth of Venezuela’s total reserves. This deal includes a 35 percent stake for the Pentagon in North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), a firm led by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who was previously under U.S. money-laundering investigation. The State Department also gets preferential rights to buy 20% of NABEP’s oil at cost and first refusal for the remaining 80 percent.

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez claims this agreement will bring much-needed foreign investment to her country's struggling oil industry, but many in Venezuela view her as illegitimate after the U.S. military captured former President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Opposition leader María Corina Machado has criticized the deal, arguing that Venezuela’s natural resources belong to its people rather than "an illegitimate regime."

The arrangement raises concerns among Venezuelan opposition figures who fear it could bolster the authoritarian government's control and undermine democratic progress in the country.

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“Any good thing in life is worth waiting for, and so if you put the Iran war and its ultimate conclusion in that context, I think that puts a slightly different light on it,” said Jack Etheridge, an alternate delegate from Ohio.
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🔮 “The war will be over very shortly after the election,” Trump said.
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Claims (30 extracted, 1 hedged)

President Donald Trump tried to turn one of his biggest political vulnerabilities into a strength for Republicans here Wednesday, making the war with Iran a key focus of his speech at the party’s midterm convention. asserted
war → try → convention
“Does anybody here think that Iran should have a nuclear weapon? asserted
Iran → think → weapon
Anybody?” Trump asked the crowd at American Airlines Center, articulating the administration’s core argument for attacking Iran. asserted
Trump → ask → Iran
The audience responded loudly and decisively: “No!” asserted
audience → respond → ?
Trump also repeated a claim he made to reporters earlier in the day. uncertain
he → repeat → day
“The war will be over very shortly after the election,” Trump said. asserted
Trump → say → election
“They’re hanging out for dear life, hoping that we lose, so they can deal with dumb, weak Democrats and they can have their nuclear bomb. asserted
they → hang → bomb
But we’re not going to let that happen.” asserted
that → go → ?
The war Trump once predicted would last only four or five weeks is now in its seventh month. asserted
Trump → predict → month
A recent NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey found that 69% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the war. asserted
% → power → war
The share of Republicans who say they strongly approve of his handling of the war has dropped 18 percentage points since the spring and now stands at 30%. asserted
they → say → %
Several people at the convention who spoke to NBC News said Trump has earned their trust on the war. asserted
Trump → speak → war
“Any good thing in life is worth waiting for, and so if you put the Iran war and its ultimate conclusion in that context, I think that puts a slightly different light on it,” said Jack Etheridge, an alternate delegate from Ohio. asserted
Etheridge → wait → Ohio
“I mean, let’s face it: The election is part of the timeline. asserted
election → mean → timeline
The Iranians are taking advantage of that, I think, for their own purposes, but I think the reality is no one believes that Iran is going to defeat the United States.” asserted
Iran → take → States
Others echoed Trump’s demand that Iran not develop or possess a nuclear weapon. asserted
Iran → echo → weapon
They are an extremist theocratic dictatorship, and they would drop a nuclear bomb on Europe,” said David Lovlien, a county commissioner in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. asserted
Lovlien → drop → County
“We are going to save so many lives doing what we are doing over there versus doing nothing.” asserted
we → go → nothing
Vince Galko, a former top Pennsylvania GOP official, conceded that higher gas prices brought on by the war have stung. asserted
prices → concede → war
“But,” Galko added, “I also think consumers can afford to look at $4 gas for a few weeks rather than looking at a mushroom cloud over their kids’ school.” asserted
consumers → add → school
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said it’s on Trump to explain and sell the war to Americans. asserted
it → say → Americans
“If you explain to people, ‘OK, here’s your choice, would you like us to stop Iran from trying to kill or allow them to kill us?’ asserted
them → explain → us
I think it’s a good choice. asserted
it → think → ?
I can defend it,” Scott said. asserted
Scott → defend → it
“I think he’s done the right thing.” asserted
he → think → thing
In his speech Wednesday, Trump predicted that oil and gas prices would come down once the war ends. asserted
war → predict → speech
“You know, it happens to me all the time. asserted
it → know → me
Guys come up, you know, ‘I wish you didn’t do the war in Iran; gasoline’s up,’” said Trump, dramatizing a conversation that he said ends with him winning the argument. asserted
him → come → argument
“Let me ask you one question: Can Iran have a nuclear weapon? asserted
Iran → let → weapon
Well, then I’m right — then I win!” asserted
I → ’m → ?
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