President Donald Trump says U.S. forces will "finish the job" in Iran soon as "core strategic objectives are nearing completion." He offered a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict began more than a month ago. Trump got a wide audience and a chance to articulate clear objectives for the war after weeks of changing goals and often contradictory messages — even as Iran kept up its attacks on Israel and Persian Gulf neighbors and airstrikes pounded Tehran. But he spent much of his time repeating some of the same things he said in recent weeks. He promised U.S. forces would continue to hit Iran very hard.