Trump Teases the END of the Iran War: “VERY SOON

To a Fox News alert because right now President Trump is overseas in Dublin. He's talking trade and he's making remarks about the conflict with Iran. We just saw him wrapping up a meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister at the start of the two-day visit. And with that, Alex Hogan joins us live from Dublin with more. Good morning, Alex. Good morning. Yes, as you mentioned, President Trump has arrived here in Dublin, Ireland this morning, starting a trip that is centered on diplomacy and golf. The President just finished answering some questions. He was greeted and seated with the Prime Minister, the Taoiseach, Michael Martin, answering a lot of questions, some of them centering on the relationship between the two countries, which has been seen as trade. He says that relationship is good and profitable. When asked about the unification of Ireland, he says he would like to see that happen. Those comments likely will create some waves. He was also asked about the relationship and current standing with Iran, and President Trump said this. When will the war on Iran end, Mr. President? I think very soon. I think it will be probably right after two terms. They're trying to hold out as long as they can to complicate the election. But I think people are wise to it because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. President Trump touched down a few hours ago on the tarmac. He was greeted by U.S. Ambassador Walsh and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris before boarding the Beast. And President Trump also met with Ireland's President Catherine Colony for about 30 minutes today, conversations that touched on a lot of hot-button issues, including trade disputes we also expected to hear. Conversations center around the conflict with Iran, the ongoing tensions with Gaza and Ireland's role as a neutral country. Colony has been outspoken against normalizing war. At the same time, the economic stakes here are huge, given the relationship between the two countries. President Trump will then travel to the other side of the country for the Irish Open, hosted at his own Doonbeg course. President Trump is an avid golfer, although we will not expect to see him play at all. He will attend the tournament, and we could expect to see him present the winner's trophy tomorrow. So Ireland's political leaders likely seeing this as a way to try to soften the relations given the current trade disagreements and also disagreements over foreign policy and the economic disputes. Those will likely be centered, given the economic impact that the U.S. has here in Ireland. U.S. companies employ roughly 10 percent of Ireland's employers. Back to you. All right. Alex Hogan, live for us in Dublin. Alex, thank you very much. Thanks, Alan. It was fun watching him interact there with the international press. And, of course, he interacts with them the exact same way that he interacts with the American press. It's a—it's—you know, there are no rules. You can ask anything. He'll answer anything. And then, of course, at any moment, he might turn to somebody on his staff and say, will you answer this? And then suddenly you have to answer a question about who knows what, maybe the Falklands Islands. Well, you saw the prime minister of Ireland looking, you know, really uncomfortable as the conversation of the Iran war popped up, because obviously they are not on board with that. However, it's going to be hard for the president to not golf there. He loves to golf. He is ambassador to Ireland, Ed Walsh, of course, a fellow builder, but also a fellow golfer. Won six championships at the Bedminster Golf Club. And so they are old friends. The president loves to golf with him. So, it's surprising to hear golfing, not on this trip at all, except he may be there—he's going to be there for that tournament, and they say he may be giving the trophy to whoever wins that tournament. But very interesting visit here, Griff, because trade is such an important issue. And it is really the hallmark of the president's agenda, really. Absolutely. And, you know, the context of this, some 30 million-plus Americans claim Irish heritage. That's right. And obviously, a lot of eyes on the business side of this meeting, as you point out, Rachel, not just the pleasure side, if you will. There's a lot of business. Indeed. I thought it was interesting in watching the little press gaggle there with the reporters. He was asked about how his conversation went with the president, President Catherine Connolly, who is more of a ceremonial position, and obviously the prime minister is in charge, but she is a progressive. She has called President Trump a bully and has very different foreign policy views than her, but he did a good job, I think, of playing that down.