U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (June 11) the Strait of Hormuz would be opened as soon as a "great settlement" of the war in Iran was signed, an event he said he expected would happen within days.

"We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

"The strait will officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe," he said.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 11, 2026) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Access all)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SEATED AT DESK IN OVAL OFFICE

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, and we're going to be, subject to finalization of documents, which should get done over the next few days. We probably have a signing, maybe in Europe. And, it's a great thing. Stock markets up a thousand points. That means they like the deal. That means the market goes down and they don't like the deal. But it's been up. Oil's dropped. Oil will start coming down to, I think, even lower than it was before. I said I was in Iowa, it was $1.85 a gallon. Now, I don't know if I'm going to get there, but we're going to get pretty close. It's going to come down. And when oil comes out and everything else comes down. And most importantly, we have a deal that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, which was the whole purpose of what we had to go through to get this. So is a big, very big thing. But, we have a signing soon, and, the documents are pretty final shape. So we'll see. We'll see. Very good. Should be done. That should be done pretty quickly. They wanted it every bit as much as everybody else wants it. And I think a lot of good relationships can ensue from this. I just spoke with the leaders of many of the countries that were mentioned in the release. I just spoke to Bibi (Netanyahu). I spoke to the head, great heads of nations, Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and others. And, I'm going to be talking to Turkey. President Erdogan is great. And, it's really a wonderful thing, with a lot of spirit. Pakistan was fantastic. The prime Minister and the, I call him the general. He's a general. He's a great, great general. He's so great that they, that he's actually a field marshal, step above. And they're all very happy. The whole Middle East is happy. And along beyond the Middle East, the strait will open as soon as we have a sign."

3. MEDIA IN OVAL OFFICE

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"Now that the strait will officially open, as soon as we sign, which could be soon. Very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe, I won't be able to be there. But, J.D. will be there, the vice president. And some of the people. Steve Witkoff did a great job, Jared (Kushner)."

5. TRUMP IN OVAL OFFICE SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE)