{"id":44678,"date":"2026-04-08T10:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44678"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:33:59","slug":"trump-declares-iran-cease-fire-deal-could-lead-to-golden-age-of-the-middle-east-boasts-big-money-will-be-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44678","title":{"rendered":"Trump declares Iran cease-fire deal could lead to \u2018Golden Age of the Middle East,\u2019 boasts \u2018Big money will be made\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump expressed optimism Wednesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/world-news\/trump-announces-two-week-double-sided-ceasefire-hours-before-iran-deadline-hints-that-deal-is-close-to-finalized\/\">Iran war cease-fire agreement<\/a> will usher in a \u201cGolden Age\u201d in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big day for World Peace!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116367088879643074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump wrote on Truth Social<\/a> following the two-week cease-fire announcement. \u201cIran wants it to happen, they\u2019ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The commander in chief said the US \u201cwill be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz\u201d and \u201cloading up with supplies of all kinds, just \u2018hangin\u2019 around\u2019 in order to make sure that everything goes well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cJust like we are experiencing in the US, this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!\u201d\u00a0Trump declared. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump indicated he felt \u201cconfident\u201d the reopening of the key waterway, through which 20% of the world\u2019s oil passes daily, would go well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cJust like we are experiencing in the US, this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump branded Operation Epic Fury a \u201ctotal and complete victory\u201d \u2014 more than a month after the first US strikes in a joint operation alongside Israeli forces on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c100 percent,\u201d he told Agence France Presse. \u201cNo question about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn\u2019t rule out strikes on power plants if the ceasefire collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to have to see,\u201d he said when probed.<\/p>\n<p>The exact terms of the cease-fire framework have not been released, but Trump described the proposal as \u201cworkable\u201d and the temporary pause has been welcomed by Washington\u2019s allies.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s embassy in India <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Iran_in_India\/status\/2041696597302759425?s=20\">has since claimed<\/a> the US is \u201cfundamentally committed\u201d to lifting all sanctions against the Islamic Republic, accepting enrichment and agreeing to Tehran\u2019s control over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Debris litters the street next to several damaged cars following an Israeli airstrike in Sidon, southern Lebanon. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou started the war, but Iran will set the conditions for its end,\u201d the embassy warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who is traveling to the Gulf on Wednesday, said the deal would \u201cbring a moment of relief to the region and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with our partners we must do all we can to support and sustain this ceasefire, turn it into a lasting agreement and re-open the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron also welcomed the deal, as did German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim now is to negotiate a lasting end to the war. We are in close coordination with our partners on this matter,\u201d Merz said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anti-war protesters hold signs outside the White House.  <span class=\"credit\">Anadolu via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the two-week pause \u201cdoes not include Lebanon\u201d as the Jewish state continues to target Hezbollah strongholds. <\/p>\n<p>This came after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed the US, Iran and their allies agreed to a cease-fire everywhere, including Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn accordance with directives from the political echelon, the IDF has ceased fire in the operation against Iran, and is highly prepared to respond defensively against any violation,\u201d IDF officials said Wednesday. \u201cOvernight, the IDF conducted a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting missile launch sites and launchers across Iran, in order to significantly degrade its launching capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimultaneously, in Lebanon, the IDF is continuing to conduct targeted ground operations against Hezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli defense forces have called on residents in Tyre, southern Lebanon, to evacuate their homes immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Four people were killed in Tyre after a building was hit.<\/p>\n<p>Strikes were also reported in Saida \u2013 located around 28 miles from Beirut, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-892357\">Jerusalem Post reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Israel continues to blitz southern Lebanon, Iranian-backed Hezbollah militias have paused strikes on northern Israel, three Lebanese sources told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah chiefs are set to release a statement outlining their position on the ceasefire. <\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/world-news\/trump-declares-iran-cease-fire-deal-could-lead-to-golden-age-of-the-middle-east-boasts-big-money-will-be-made\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump expressed optimism Wednesday that the Iran war cease-fire agreement will usher in a \u201cGolden Age\u201d in the Middle East.\u00a0 \u201cA big day for World&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}