President Donald Trump sent another conflicting signal on the status of the Iran war on Wednesday, saying he does not care anymore about Iran's possession of enriched uranium — a key reason he previously stated for launching the military operation in the Middle East.
Trump was just hours away from addressing Americans when he made the comment that contradicted his previous statements, and that left ambiguous what conditions might end the conflict, The New York Times reported.
“That’s so far underground, I don’t care about that,” Trump told Reuters in an interview, referencing Tehran's uranium stockpile, which was reportedly buried following the June 2025 air strikes.
"His comment was sharply at odds with his argument that a main goal of the war was to prevent Iran from being able to produce an atomic bomb," The Times reported.
Trump has not given a clear indication of what would lead to the end of the conflict.
"He wrote on Truth Social early Wednesday that he would not consider a cease-fire until the Strait of Hormuz was open, a day after he said that the U.S. military campaign would be over 'very soon' and that Iran’s closure of the strait was for other countries to resolve," The Times reported.