U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks the war in Iran will end “immediately” after the United States votes in midterm elections in November.
He argued that the reason is that Iran “can’t hold out any longer,” while accusing Tehran of being “desperate to try and affect” the vote. The U.S. president also promised every American adult will receive $5,000 from the federal government if his Republican Party retains control of Congress in the midterm elections. He did not mention where the money would come from, though he tied the measure to tariffs and said that the United States “is making so much money.”
“So, if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend,” Trump said.
The U.S. president’s comments come after oil prices climbed to near $100 a barrel in Asian morning trade on Wednesday. He also announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make a deal to end Moscow’s war against Ukraine and suggested the question is now whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to make a deal too. Trump highlighted that both presidents are “tired of fighting.” His comments come after the Kremlin said Putin and the U.S. president discussed Ukraine in an “extremely frank” and constructive hour-long phone call.
Trump’s comments address three major issues—domestic electoral politics, the Iran war, and negotiations over Ukraine—while explicitly linking the first two to the November midterms. His prediction that the Iran conflict will end after the vote suggests the administration sees Tehran’s strategy partly through a U.S. political lens, while the proposed $5,000 “Trump dividend” places economic incentives directly at the center of Republican efforts to retain Congress. At the same time, Trump’s comments on Putin and Zelensky indicate Washington may increase pressure for a Ukraine settlement as it seeks to manage multiple foreign-policy challenges ahead of the election. (AFP+EIR)
