U.S. President Donald Trump said the war with Iran could end soon, as U.S. forces imposing a blockade turned back vessels leaving Iranian ports.

"I think it can be over very soon. It will end soon," Trump said in a interview taped on Tuesday (April 14) with Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria" and aired on Wednesday (April 15).

Speaking on China, Trump said he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran

Trump did not say when the letters were exchanged. Last week, he threatened countries with an immediate 50% tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons.

"I wrote him a letter asking him not to do that, and he wrote me a letter saying that, essentially, he's not doing that," Trump said.

He also said he did not expect shifts in the global oil market over the war on Iran and changes in Venezuela to impact the dynamics of his planned meeting with Xi next month. "He's somebody that needs oil. We don't," Trump said.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 14, 2026) (FOX BUSINESS NETWORK’S MORNINGS WITH MARIA - Mandatory on‑air and on‑screen credit to “Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria”. Use limited to no more than two minutes. No archive. No reuse. No resale.)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, LISTENING TO QUESTION

2. HOST OF "MORNINGS WITH MARIA" ON FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, MARIA BARTIROMO, SAYING (English): "President, thank you for sitting down with us, we appreciate it. You've had a real reaction to the blockade. Are you happy with the reaction since you put this blockade in place in the Strait of Hormuz?" /

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

"Well its been pretty amazing, actually, I thought that was going to happen. They reacted to this even... I think it was, you know, we've obliterated them. And this almost seems to be more of a reaction than we had before. So we'll see. I mean, look, it only matters the end result, and we're doing very well."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. BARTIROMO SAYING (English): "How does that change the dynamic of this meeting with President Xi?"

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

"I don't think it does. I mean, he's somebody that needs oil. We don't. He's somebody I get along with very well. Just wrote me a beautiful letter."

BARTIROMO: “He wrote you a letter?”

TRUMP: “Yeah, he did. He responded to a letter that I wrote because I had heard that China is giving weapons to… I mean, you're seeing it all over the place to Iran, that China is giving weapons.”

BARTIROMO: “Did he say he’s giving them?”

TRUMP: “Yeah and I wrote him a letter asking him not to do that. And he wrote me a letter saying that essentially he's not doing that.”

6. WHITE FLASH

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

"And you know what? I'm very happy. And it's going to come dropping down very big as soon as it's over. And I think it can be over very soon. If they're smart, it will end soon."

8. WHITE FLASH

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

"This whole thing is really about no nuclear. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if they're going to have a nuclear weapon, we'll be living with them for a little while, but I don't know how much longer they can survive. I don't know how much longer they can go because They've been hit very hard. And as an example, we could take out every one of their bridges in one hour. We could take out every one of their power plants, electric power plants, in one hour. We don't want to do that."