Deepa Shivaram

Yeah, I mean, this point is a little unclear, and it's part of the reason we've been talking about it all week, because Trump has been saying so many different things, and thousands of U.S.

troops are still in the region.

Whether those troops will be used in any significant ground operations in the time that the U.S.

is allegedly winding down the war is not something that the president talked about at all, but he did seem to indicate that the U.S.

could take future action in Iran if the country moves to try and make a nuclear weapon.

And on the Strait of Hormuz, which is a really critical route for oil that Iran clamped down on as a result of these strikes that the U.S.

started, Trump is now calling on other countries to do the work of reopening the Strait.

He didn't name any countries specifically, but he has been really critical of NATO allies in particular for not helping with U.S.

operations in Iran.

He said other countries should take care of the passage and cherish it.

Yeah, this is just another example of Trump saying a lot of different things, but then not providing any specifics.

Trump said in his speech last night that the U.S.

didn't need the oil coming through the Strait.

And he's basically tasked other countries with reopening this passage that Iran closed during the war.

But because the Strait is how more than 20 percent of the world's oil gets transported, it's still affecting oil prices here in the U.S.,

Trump claims, though, that once the Strait is opened, the price of gas in the U.S.

will lower again.

But in the meantime, he wants other countries to deal with this, and that likely includes NATO allies.

He's been really unhappy with them and has recently been bringing up again leaving NATO, though that's up to Congress to decide.

A White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak on the record said that NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda is meeting with Trump at the White House next week.