{"id":2585743,"date":"2026-03-31T14:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-automatically-open-after-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:50:15","slug":"trump-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-automatically-open-after-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-automatically-open-after-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Strait of Hormuz will \u2018automatically open\u2019 after Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-automatically-open-after-iran-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran conflict should end soon and that the Strait of Hormuz would \u201cautomatically open\u201d at the conclusion of the war. He claimed U.S.forces are \u201cobliterating\u201d Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-leaders-join-gen-milley-and-release-statement-saying-there-is-no-role-for-us-army-in-martial-law-in-determining-elections\/\" title=\"Army Leaders Join Gen. Milley and Release ...ment Saying There Is \u201cNo Role\u201d for US Army in Martial Law in Determining Elections\">military capabilities<\/a>, with more work needed to remove its offensive capabilities. Trump argued that reopening the strait would help ease rising oil and gas prices and urged other countries to help open it, pointing out that Iran has blocked passage since the fighting began.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that about 20% of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-navy-stops-iran-from-seizing-tankers\/\" title=\"US Navy th...ts ...&#039;s tanker seizure.\">oil passes<\/a> through the Strait of Hormuz, and it describes Iran\u2019s blockade as part of the broader conflict that began with US-Israel strikes on Iranian leadership and nuclear infrastructure. Trump referenced a short video of an Iranian ammunition depot hit in a U.S. airstrike and reiterated that his goal is preventing Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon, not simply controlling the strait. He also said Pakistan has positioned itself as a mediator, but he would not reveal whether he would dispatch a negotiating team.<\/p>\n<p>additionally,the piece notes prior reporting that Trump had suggested ending the war without reopening the waterway and clarifies his broader objective regarding Iran\u2019s nuclear program.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Iran war will end soon and Strait of Hormuz will &lsquo;automatically open&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2548212\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Tuesday said he expects the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> to &ldquo;automatically open&rdquo; at the conclusion of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> war, which he said will likely end soon.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the United States&rsquo;s forces are &ldquo;obliterating&rdquo; Iranian military forces, but there is more work to do to rid the country of its offensive capabilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4510526\/vance-release-new-book-communion-religious-faith-conversion-to-catholicism\/\">Vance teases release of new book Communion on religious faith and conversion to Catholicism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4510427\/white-house-push-gen-z-hiring-initiative-government\/\">White House pushes Gen Z hiring initiative in government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4509204\/trump-state-visit-king-charles-queen-camilla\/\">Trump announces state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;ll automatically open, but my attitude is, I&rsquo;ve obliterated the country,&rdquo; Trump told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/31\/us-news\/trump-tells-the-post-the-war-against-iran-wont-last-much-longer-strait-of-hormuz-will-reopen-automatically-after-us-exit\/\">the <em>New York Post<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;They have no strength left, and let the countries that are using the strait, let them go and open it &hellip; because I would imagine whoever&rsquo;s controlling the oil will be very happy to open the strait.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has called on other countries to aid in opening the strait as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oil\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"292\">oil<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas-prices\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"940\">gas prices<\/a> continue to rise. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"547\">United Kingdom<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"387\">France<\/a> have chosen to take a more diplomatic approach to the conflict and have closed their respective airspaces to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >military forces en route<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iran has blocked oil tankers and other shipping vessels from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world&rsquo;s oil supply passes, since the war began Feb. 28 with joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iranian leadership and nuclear infrastructure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president shared his comments about the state of the war after he was asked about a 31-second video <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4510166\/trump-video-of-airstrike-bunker-buster-bombs\/\">he shared via Truth Social<\/a> of an Iranian ammunition depot being hit during a U.S. airstrike.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t have to be there much longer &mdash; but we have more work to do in terms of killing their offensive, whatever offensive capability they have left,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-ee950ad4?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcbMOhwV9y_uh1iKwselfCDGzD2Od_D3yVd_fwfpBeg_6AeGIYn5Kq6CundleM%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69cc10e3&amp;gaa_sig=jJiLRKbrw6lR8Rca6u9dnFhANSn-UQMMOy4av9UCTMEXJI_TNfn7q89g14qvfkejQ4fX3Kc2s0hZQ8ahiSNq3Q%3D%3D\">previously reported<\/a> the president said he was willing to end the war without opening the waterway, and Trump reiterated that his end goal in the war is ensuring Iran does not have access to a nuclear weapon, not who controls the Strait of Hormuz.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4510267\/trump-tells-allies-take-jet-fuel-iran\/\"><strong>TRUMP TELLS ALLIES TO &lsquo;JUST TAKE&rsquo; JET FUEL FROM IRAN AS US HAS DONE &lsquo;THE HARD PART&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also explained that Iran&rsquo;s nuclear infrastructure was &ldquo;actually bigger than we thought&rdquo; but that U.S. forces are taking away the country&rsquo;s nuclear ability and have secured a regime change that is &ldquo;much more reasonable than previous.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has positioned itself as a mediator between Iran and the U.S., but Trump said he would not reveal whether he would dispatch a negotiating team to meet with the Iranian diplomats in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: Iran war ending soon; Hormuz automatically open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2585744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26086604218161.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50462,3823,57321,3634],"class_list":["post-2585743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-iran","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26086604218161.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585747,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585743\/revisions\/2585747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}