Donald Trump, the U.S. president, said that higher fuel prices as a result of the war with the Islamic Republic have been a reasonable price to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. He also said that the United States has achieved a great victory and is now sending more oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

In another part of his remarks, Trump attacked Alsaid, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, and questioned his qualifications. He also said that the Islamic Republic has killed more than 75,000 protesters in the past nine months; a figure for which he provided no independent evidence to corroborate it in these remarks.