{"id":8879,"date":"2026-03-09T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-sends-mixed-signals-on-iran-war-end-pushes-election-overhaul-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:00:22","slug":"trump-sends-mixed-signals-on-iran-war-end-pushes-election-overhaul-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-sends-mixed-signals-on-iran-war-end-pushes-election-overhaul-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sends mixed signals on Iran war end, pushes election overhaul bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2265659986-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in Doral, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Trump spoke about his administration's strikes on Iran. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt\/Getty Images)\u00a0\" \/><figcaption>\n<p>President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in Doral, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Trump spoke about his administration&#8217;s strikes on Iran. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt\/Getty Images)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">President Donald Trump on Monday told House Republicans, who were gathered in Florida for a policy retreat, that he expects the war in Iran will wrap up \u201cquickly,\u201d though he didn\u2019t give a specific date or detail exactly what he wants to do before ending the hostilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think you\u2019ll see it\u2019s going to be a short-term excursion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump added later in his speech that the U.S. military \u201cwill not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During a press conference afterward, Trump said the U.S. military had struck 5,000 locations inside Iran but that he was holding off on bombing some of the country\u2019s larger targets to see if its leaders would allow ships to safely travel through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The danger of navigating the key shipping route during the war has been a factor in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/gas-prices-spike-across-us-amid-iran-war\" target=\"_blank\">rising oil prices<\/a> and other market volatility globally.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve left some of the most important targets for later in case we need to do it,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we hit them, it\u2019s going to take many years for them to be rebuilt, having to do with electricity production and many other things. So, we\u2019re not looking to do that if we don\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said \u201cwhen the time comes,\u201d the U.S. Navy and undisclosed partners will escort ships through that narrow channel.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI hope it\u2019s not going to be needed,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if it\u2019s needed, we\u2019ll escort them right through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d that Iranian leaders over the weekend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-united-states-israel-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-209cec036068b40fcfcba2be7ac7e2b0\" target=\"_blank\">selected<\/a> Mojtaba Khamenei as the country\u2019s new supreme leader. He is the son of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by military strikes shortly after the war began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump declined to answer if the country\u2019s new leader could soon become the target of similar military action, saying that would be \u201cinappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>No new laws without elections bill<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump also focused on legislative requests for Congress during his speech and at the press conference, calling on House Republicans to restructure a bill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/us-house-approves-bill-mandating-proof-citizenship-voting-federal-elections\" target=\"_blank\">they already passed<\/a> that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and identification to cast a ballot, among other changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said he wants three additional elements written into a new bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first would be nationwide restrictions on mail-in ballots unless the person is a member of the military based overseas, someone with a disability, someone who is ill or someone who is traveling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump told GOP lawmakers to add in a provision that would lead to \u201cno men in women\u2019s sports\u201d and language blocking transgender youth from surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNow, that should be the easiest thing to get passed that you\u2019ve ever had,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said if the House GOP passed the reworked bill that Republicans would \u201cwin the midterms at levels that you can\u2019t even believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He expressed confidence that Senate Republicans would be able to move such a bill through that chamber, but didn\u2019t detail how that would happen with the 60-vote legislative filibuster still in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re not going to sign a watered-down version like has been sent up there. Let\u2019s go for the gold, and let\u2019s just not accept anything else,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what, I\u2019m willing to just sort of say, I\u2019m not going to sign anything until this is approved. I really am.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Democrats unmoved<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said during a floor speech earlier in the day that Trump\u2019s position would not change Democrats\u2019 minds that the legislation is \u201cJim Crow 2.0.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDonald Trump is saying, in effect, unless Congress helps him undermine democracy, he\u2019s prepared to hold the rest of the country hostage,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cThis is what he does. He\u2019s a thug, He\u2019s a bully. He can\u2019t ever argue on the merits, so he threatens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Schumer said that would mean any bills Congress approves to try to lower the cost of living wouldn\u2019t take effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNo bill to bring down gas prices. No bills to make groceries more affordable. No bills to increase housing. Not until the Save Act passes. That\u2019s what Donald Trump is saying,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cDemocrats will make sure that never happens.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in Doral, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Trump spoke about his administration&#8217;s strikes on Iran. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt\/Getty Images)\u00a0 President Donald Trump on Monday told House Republicans, who were gathered in Florida for a policy retreat, that he expects the war in Iran will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump sends mixed signals on Iran war end, pushes election overhaul bill - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-sends-mixed-signals-on-iran-war-end-pushes-election-overhaul-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump sends mixed signals on Iran war end, pushes election overhaul bill - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in Doral, Florida, on March 9, 2026. 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