Caroline Leavitt

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says the president will give the country an important update on Iran.

The televised address comes a day after Trump reversed himself, dropping his demand that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He had threatened to, quote, completely obliterate Iran's civilian electric plants, oil wells, and desalinization plants if Iran didn't open the Strait shortly.

But now he says the U.S.

will be leaving Iran very soon, and if other countries want to get oil through the Strait, they can, quote, fend for themselves.

Trump says, we're not going to have anything to do with it.

With gas prices in the U.S.

breaking $4 a gallon, the president seems eager to find a way to end the war, even if many of his political objectives, including unconditional surrender, have not been met.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

The president has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime at this moment in time, as evidenced by the statement that you just read, that their best move is to make a deal or else the United States Armed Forces has capabilities beyond their wildest imagination.

And the president is not afraid to use them.

That's not what I said, Garrett.

Of course, this administration and the United States Armed Forces will always act within the confines of the law.

I'm trying to square the four objectives laid out by the administration with the goal of reopening fully the Strait of Hormuz.

Would President Trump declare victory and wind down military operations if the four objectives are met but still passage remains quite slow through the Strait?

And I would also add it's despicable that the lack of coverage of this young woman's case of her life and the way that it was tragically cut short.

Well, I think it's something the president would be quite interested in calling them to do.

I won't get ahead of him on that, but certainly it's an idea that I know that he has and something that I think you'll hear more from him on.

And it's despicable that Democrats are currently defunding the department that's responsible for removing illegal aliens like that.

And I would also add it's despicable that the lack of coverage of this young woman's case of her life and the way that it was tragically cut short.