Mara Liason

The war began with the president saying there would be no deal with Iran except, quote, unconditional surrender.

Now the end of the war seems to be about keeping ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.

The White House says Iran has agreed to open the strait and that there's been an uptick in boat traffic through the strait.

The White House also posted an official statement from the Iranian government that says, quote, passage through the strait will be coordinated with the Iranian armed forces.

asked who was currently in control of the strait.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt didn't answer.

Even if Iran is allowing some ships to pass through, if Iran keeps control of the strait, military experts say they would keep a lot of leverage over the global oil markets, and that would be a strategic defeat for the U.S.

Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House.

His immigration policies right now are net negative.

They used to be some of his biggest positives.

People like the idea of a secure border and deporting criminals, but they haven't been happy about how he went about mass deportation.

So his support among voters on immigration has dropped.

His support among Latino voters has plummeted largely because of this issue.

So if the justices rule in his favor and say citizenship is not given to every baby born in the U.S., there will be a lot of happiness on the right, energy, motivation, and also on the left who are against his immigration policies.

We don't have really good polling on that yet.

The televised address comes a day after Trump reversed himself, dropping his demand that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He had threatened to, quote, completely obliterate Iran's civilian electric plants, oil wells, and desalinization plants if Iran didn't open the Strait shortly.

But now he says the U.S.

will be leaving Iran very soon.

And if other countries want to get oil through the Strait, they can, quote, fend for themselves.