From USA TODAY.

President Donald Trump said the fight with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz is "over,” declaring in a phone interview with USA TODAY that the deal reached Friday was ”a great victory."

"It’s over, it’s a great victory," Trump said in an April 17 phone call.

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