U.S. President Donald Trump said the war with Iran could end soon, as U.S. forces imposing a blockade turned back vessels leaving Iranian ports, Ruters reports.
"I think it can be over very soon. It will end soon," Trump said in a interview taped on Tuesday (April 14) with Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria" and aired on Wednesday (April 15).
Speaking on China, Trump said he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran
Trump did not say when the letters were exchanged. Last week, he threatened countries with an immediate 50% tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons.
"I wrote him a letter asking him not to do that, and he wrote me a letter saying that, essentially, he's not doing that," Trump said.
He also said he did not expect shifts in the global oil market over the war on Iran and changes in Venezuela to impact the dynamics of his planned meeting with Xi next month. "He's somebody that needs oil. We don't," Trump said.
