{"id":2586347,"date":"2026-04-01T22:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:17:43","slug":"trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: War Objectives Achieved, Iran &#8216;No Longer A Threat&#8217;"},"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\">18<\/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-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat%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=2586347&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>This Federalist piece by Eddie Scarry discusses President Trump&#8217;s national address asserting that the main U.S. objectives in Iran have largely been achieved and that fighting may last only a couple more weeks before the United States withdraws, leaving the Strait of Hormuz to other countries. The article emphasizes Iran\u2019s current threats to target cargo ships and describes the Hormuz Strait as a critical global energy passage. A social media embed quotes Trump claiming the threat is over,that Iran has been militarily and economically decimated,and that the U.S. will \u201cfinish the job very fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes mixed public messaging from the management about end goals, sometimes signaling regime change or unconditional surrender, and it references polls showing trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faulconer-ready-to-face-newsom-in-race-for-calif-governorship\/\" title=\"Faulconer ready to face Newsom in race for Calif. governorship\">approval rating falling<\/a>. It also questions how the U.S. might decouple from Israel, a key ally pursuing its own objectives.The article frames these claims as part of a broader narrative about the war in Iran, its purported \u201coverwhelming victories,\u201d and the potential implications for U.S. foreign policy and domestic politics.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OzhLRPZfOMQ\">White House\/youtube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump:%20War%20Objectives%20Have%20Been%20Achieved,%20Iran%20%E2%80%98No%20Longer%20A%20Threat%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Trump:%20War%20Objectives%20Have%20Been%20Achieved,%20Iran%20%E2%80%98No%20Longer%20A%20Threat%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump:%20War%20Objectives%20Have%20Been%20Achieved,%20Iran%20%E2%80%98No%20Longer%20A%20Threat%E2%80%99&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/trump-war-objectives-have-been-achieved-iran-no-longer-a-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>There are another two or three weeks of fighting the war in Iran, President Trump said Wednesday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/successful-failure-biden-takes-credit-blames-trump-for-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Successful Failure: Biden Takes Credit, Blames ... for Afghanistan\">nationally televised address<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Iran is &ldquo;really no longer a threat&rdquo; after more than a month of combat. Trump also stated that in a short time the U.S. would withdraw from the conflict and leave the still-imperiled Strait of Hormuz in the hands of other countries to &ldquo;take it&rdquo; and &ldquo;cherish it&rdquo; on their own. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1822535730\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Hormuz Strait, a key passage for global energy shipment, is currently choked off as Iran threatens to target cargo ships attempting to flow through.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"lIMw8dNLm93WDhcpb6eCRUzaO5ZnxjKSP0EsvBkAuVri2F4HtqfTJYXyo1Q\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: In a national address from the White House, Trump announces that the key military and strategic objectives of the U.S. in Iran have largely been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to finish the job, and finish it very fast,&rdquo; Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>Iran responded to Operation Midnight&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4XGwwbjxQ0\">pic.twitter.com\/4XGwwbjxQ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/2039513327584370981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The admission by Trump that the threat is over and that the objectives have been largely met indicates the administration is concluding its mission of attacking Iran for the second time within a year in order to halt the country&rsquo;s development of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and administration officials have spent the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >past month offering mixed public messages<\/a> about the end goals of the war, at times suggesting a required &ldquo;regime change&rdquo; that would need the president&rsquo;s approval, or &ldquo;unconditional surrender,&rdquo; neither of which has clearly taken place. But as the conflict waged on, polling showed the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">president&rsquo;s approval rating in a nosedive<\/a>, potentially dragging Republicans up for reelection in the midterms down with him.<\/p>\n<p>What Trump didn&rsquo;t say was how the U.S. might decouple itself from Israel, our ally fighting the same war, and which has time and again pursued its own objectives in ways that appear to contradict the administration&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the president said the U.S. had accomplished &ldquo;overwhelming victories,&rdquo; that it had &ldquo;obliterated&rdquo; Iran&rsquo;s nuclear development sites and that Iran had been &ldquo;decimated both militarily and economically.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to finish the job, and we are going to finish it very fast.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party&rsquo;s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/gas\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">gas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/hormuz-strait\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Hormuz Strait<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/iran\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/iran-war\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Iran War<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/israel\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/oil\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/regime-change\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">regime change<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a nationally televised White House address, President Trump predicted there would be another two to three weeks of fighting in Iran. He claimed Iran is \u201cno longer a threat\u201d after more than a month of combat and said the U.S. would soon withdraw, handing the still-volatile Strait of Hormuz over to other nations to \u201ctake it\u201d and \u201ccherish it\u201d themselves. The Hormuz Strait, a critical artery for global energy shipments, is currently blocked as Iran threatens to strike ships attempting to pass through.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: Trump announced that the main military and strategic aims of the U.S. in Iran had largely been achieved, saying, \u201cWe are going to finish the job, and finish it very fast.\u201d Iran replied to Operation Midnight. These statements suggest the administration is winding down its second attack on Iran within a year to curb its nuclear development.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the past month, Trump and his aides have offered mixed signals about the war\u2019s end goals, at times hinting at regime change or unconditional surrender-neither of which has clearly occurred. Public polling during the conflict showed Trump\u2019s approval rating dropping, potentially dragging Republicans down in the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Trump did not explain how the U.S. might disentangle itself from Israel, an ally in the conflict with its own objectives that often diverge from the administration\u2019s. Nevertheless, Trump asserted the U.S. had achieved \u201coverwhelming victories,\u201d stating Iran\u2019s nuclear program had been \u201cobliterated\u201d and that Iran had been \u201cdecimated both militarily and economically.\u201d He repeated, \u201cWe are going to finish the job, and we are going to finish it very fast.\u201d Eddie Scarry, a D.C. columnist for The Federalist, is cited as the author<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2586348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Donald-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[50462,3823,3634,50434],"class_list":["post-2586347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-iran","tag-trump","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Donald-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586347","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\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586351,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586347\/revisions\/2586351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}