Trump Says War On Iran Will 'End Soon,' Claims U.S. Forces 'Nothing Left To Target'

US President Donald Trump told Axios in a brief phone interview that the war with Iran will end "soon" because there is "practically nothing left to hit," framing the campaign as nearly complete and under his control.

He said, "A little here, a little there… Whenever I want, it will end," and added, "The war is going great," presenting the strikes as successful and subject to his unilateral decision.

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Both NEWS.am and @globaltimesnews relay the same quotes, reporting Trump’s comments as asserting decisive U.S. control over the campaign.

Trump framed the conflict as limited in remaining targets and emphasized his personal control over escalation and de-escalation.

The Global Times (via Xinhua) quotes him saying "Any time I want it to end, it will end" in the same Axios exchange, and NEWS.am repeats the same lines, underscoring that both outlets present his rhetoric as confident and unilateral.

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That framing suggests a White House narrative of containment and accomplishment rather than uncertainty or stalemate.

Both outlets place Trump’s remarks against an active and escalating military backdrop in which Iran, the IRGC and other regional actors have been conducting strikes and counterstrikes.

NEWS.am’s feed references multiple developments — including "IRGC announces 35th wave of strikes on Israeli and US targets," reports that Iran launched its "most powerful attack on Israel, US targets since start of conflict," and a running item labeled "US, Israel strikes on Iran: Main developments in Middle East as of Wednesday morning."

Those items show the interview occurred amid sustained exchanges that both sources frame as ongoing hostilities.

The reporting also notes related diplomatic, humanitarian and logistical consequences occurring alongside the fighting.

NEWS.am’s coverage lists evacuations, U.S. authorizations for evacuation flights, warnings from health agencies about environmental risks such as "black rain" following strikes on oil facilities, and various regional states moving assets (for example, British destroyer HMS Dragon heading to the eastern Mediterranean).

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Those ancillary developments illustrate the broader regional disruption that accompanies the military campaign Trump described.

Available reporting for this summary is limited to the two provided outlets (NEWS.am and @globaltimesnews/Xinhua), which consistently reproduce Trump’s quotes but offer limited independent analysis or alternative perspectives in the excerpts provided.

Because only these sources were supplied, this summary cannot incorporate additional international, U.S. or Iranian primary-source reactions beyond what the feeds quote; readers should treat the account as reflecting how these two outlets reported the Axios interview and the concurrent operational headlines.

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The two sources do, however, align in presenting Trump’s comments as a claim that the military campaign is largely complete and under his discretion.