When asked by reporters at the White House about high fuel prices, Trump says that "All I have to do is leave Iran, and we will do that very soon, and they (prices) will crash."
"But we will finish the job, and I think it will be within maybe two weeks, maybe a few more days," he says.
The president also says the United States will have nothing to do with what happens in the Strait of Hormuz, but that the responsibility for keeping it open will instead fall on the countries that depend on the strait. There is "no reason for us to do this," he says.
"It's not for us. It's going to be for France. It's going to be for whoever uses the strait," Trump says.
On Tuesday, the president criticized the United States' allies for not doing more to support U.S. efforts in the war.
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.
