Trump says Iran war will end after US midterm elections and oil prices will fall

Summary

US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has a "dream" for the war to continue beyond the November midterm elections, according to Middle East Eye, which reported his remarks at a campaign rally in North Carolina. Trump said the war "will end one way or the other very quickly" and that oil "is going to drop like a rock" once it ends. He called rising energy prices a "very small price to pay" for keeping a nuclear weapon away from what he described as the world's number one state sponsor of terror. NDTV separately reported Trump saying, "I think the war will end immediately after the election."

Timeline

1. Middle East Eye

   21 Oct 2026, 03:18 UTCSource ↗

   Middle East Eye reports that Trump, speaking at a campaign rally in North Carolina, claimed Iran has a "dream" for the war to continue after the US midterm elections and said oil would drop like a rock once the war ends.

2. NDTV

   21 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTCSource ↗

   NDTV reports Trump saying the Iran war will end "immediately after the election" in the US midterm votes.