Trump backs New York Post editorial claiming he is winning the Iran war

Trump shares a New York Post opinion piece arguing U.S. pressure is squeezing Tehran, with oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz and the UAE cutting financial ties.

First Published: August 29, 2026, 9:06 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump amplified a New York Post editorial arguing that the United States is prevailing over Iran and urging Washington to hold its ground.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Trump is winning the Iran war— stay the course: https://nypost.com/2026/08/23/opinion/trump-is-winning-the-iran-war-stay-the-course/” on August 29, 2026 at 8:57 AM ET.

This is Trump’s 1st message released today, and the last post was 10 hours ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 67 of his 629 posts over the last 30 days classified as Foreign Policy posts.

The editorial Trump shared makes its case around the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping chokepoint Iran had threatened to close. Oil is now flowing through the strait, meaning Tehran’s gambit of closing it has failed, according to nypost. The piece pointed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent preparing new U.S. moves to pressure Iran’s economy as evidence that Trump is winning and mainly needs to hold firm, according to nypost. Trump directed readers to the piece by mentioning the source (see nypost).

The opinion board tied its argument to fresh economic and shipping figures. U.S. escorts now have oil flowing steadily through the strait, with 200 ships a week and rising transiting safely, up nearly 400% from just two weeks earlier, according to nypost. That level remains below pre-war levels but stays high enough to keep oil prices manageable, according to nypost. Iran’s largest trading partner, the United Arab Emirates, cut off all transactions including financial ones, and Dubai for decades has handled over a third of Iran’s imports, according to nypost.

President Donald J. Trump amplified a New York Post editorial at Washington D.C.

The editorial framed Iran’s economy as the pressure point. Iranian inflation was already running over 90% amid mass unemployment, leaving the regime increasingly unable to pay its regular army, according to nypost. The piece warned that even the Revolutionary Guard should soon feel the pinch, and it cautioned that Iran’s leaders were alternating threats with offers to renew negotiations, according to nypost.

The post caps a stretch in which Trump has repeatedly claimed military and diplomatic wins tied to Iran. A U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, was followed three days later by Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire in what he termed the “12-day war” between Israel and Iran, according to bbc. Trump called the strike “unbelievable” and cast himself as a “peacemaker,” though peace continued to elude him in Gaza and Ukraine, according to bbc.

The self-styled winning streak stretches back to the ballot box. Trump won the 2024 popular vote by a margin of 1.5 percentage points, taking 49.8% to Kamala Harris’ 48.3%, according to pewresearch. He held on to 85% of his 2020 voters while gaining ground among new and returning voters, according to pewresearch. Trump swept several battleground states to complete a comeback that made the 45th president the 47th, according to bbc.

The next signals on the Iran campaign rest with Bessent and the Treasury Department, which the editorial said was preparing new economic measures. A date for those announcements has not been announced.

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Trump backs New York Post editorial claiming he is winning the Iran war