{"id":243082,"date":"2026-08-10T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/243082\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:46:15","slug":"wsj-says-trump-weighed-ending-iran-war-if-hormuz-strait-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/243082\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ Says Trump Weighed Ending Iran War if Hormuz Strait Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_feedSummaryContent-module-scss-module__B3djzW__newsAnalyticsTitle\">Forecast Trend Report by Period<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Indicator.png\" alt=\"Loading Indicator\" data-hide-on-theme=\"light\" class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" style=\"animation:var(--animate-spin)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Indicator-dark.png\" alt=\"Loading Indicator\" data-hide-on-theme=\"dark\" class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" style=\"animation:var(--animate-spin)\"\/>See more mid- to long-term trend analysis<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4fd54874-55f6-4bd0-b551-e58d22d15bec.webp\" alt=\"Photo: Shutterstock\" width=\"646\" role=\"presentation\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has been considering declaring victory and ending the war with Iran if the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened, even without a nuclear deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal, citing multiple US officials, said on August 9 that Trump recently signaled to aides he could withdraw from the war without reaching a nuclear agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The thinking is based on Trump&#8217;s view that Iran would struggle to rebuild its nuclear program during his term after the US military destroyed three major nuclear facilities last year: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p>The White House&#8217;s focus in end-of-war talks has also shifted to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, in part because of the effect on domestic oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the November midterm elections, the average US gasoline price stood at $4.02 a gallon as of August 8, up from $3.16 a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is also building from the depletion of US weapons stockpiles, including interceptor missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s hard-line preconditions, however, are making an exit strategy difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council presented six demands, including lifting sanctions on Iran, ending the maritime blockade, withdrawing nearby US troops and providing full compensation for war damage.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those demands, the Trump administration appears to be dialing down the intensity of its military response.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Axios in an interview on August 9 that the US was responding to Iran &#8220;at a low level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that Iran&#8217;s military capabilities had been significantly weakened. He added that &#8220;we will continue the pressure we can apply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Park Sang-kyung, Hankyung.com reporter, highseoul@hankyung.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forecast Trend Report by Period See more mid- to long-term trend analysisPhoto: Shutterstock President Donald Trump has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[3982,16196,16204,16194,16195,16201,16200,16198,16197,16199,9693,16202,102,16203,101],"class_list":["post-243082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoincommunity","tag-blockchain","tag-bloomingbit","tag-coincommunity","tag-coininfo","tag-coininvest","tag-coinnews","tag-coinreview","tag-coinstats","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-ethereum","tag-hormuz","tag-solana","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117070344160124344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}