Trump signals the bombing will stop shortly as the Iran crisis widens

# Trump signals the bombing will stop shortly as the Iran crisis widens

*Event date: 2026-06-10*

President Donald Trump told a Fox News reporter from the Situation Room that “the bombing will stop shortly,” according to NBC News. The comment landed in the middle of a rapidly evolving regional crisis, with airspace closures, tanker attacks and military alerts still unfolding around the Gulf.

The NBC live blog placed Trump’s remark alongside a stream of developments that underlined how unstable the situation remained. Kuwait reopened its airspace after a temporary closure triggered by Iranian attacks. The U.S. embassy in Jordan warned that missiles, drones or rockets were in Jordanian airspace and told people to take shelter. Iranian state media also reported attacks on U.S. military targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, while Kuwait’s army said it was intercepting hostile aerial targets.

That mix of signals matters because Trump’s statement suggested at least some expectation of an imminent pause in bombing, but the rest of the reporting showed no clean break in hostilities. The live blog also reported that Iran’s navy had attacked two oil tankers trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz after state media said the waterway had been closed. In other words, the maritime and air dimensions of the conflict were still active.

The report added that Kuwait International Airport had resumed normal operations after a temporary shutdown and that its civil aviation authority was continuing to monitor the situation. That detail suggests the region’s governments were reacting in real time to every new threat report, with civilian aviation especially sensitive to the pace of military escalation.

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, who had been briefed by U.S. Central Command, told NBC that he did not believe Iran’s regime would make a deal with Trump and said the president faced a difficult decision over whether to expand the conflict in order to secure the remaining nuclear materials. Kennedy said he did not support sending troops, but his comments showed the extent to which the U.S. was still weighing military options even as public messaging hinted at a possible stop in bombing.

The broader picture from the NBC coverage is one of cross-cutting pressure. On one side was a White House trying to project control and perhaps imminent de-escalation. On the other were active airspace restrictions, reports of intercepted projectiles, attacks on shipping and continuing concerns across neighboring states. That makes Trump’s “shortly” remark less a conclusion than a snapshot of an administration still trying to steer events as they happened.

For now, the most reliable reading is not that the crisis was over, but that Washington was signaling an intention to bring bombing to an end while the region remained on high alert.