Trump Claims Unlimited Power, Calls Iran Deal 'Unconditional Surrender'

U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that he has unlimited power and insisted the deal reached with Iran amounts to "unconditional surrender" by Tehran, in an interview with Axios.

The U.S. and Iran signed the agreement on Thursday, after three and a half months of conflict that shut the Strait of Hormuz and rattled global energy markets. Trump said he negotiated the agreement to prevent the conflict from triggering a global economic depression, speaking in the interview Thursday evening stateside.

The memorandum of understanding includes a 60-day ceasefire, a reopening of the Strait, and a framework for nuclear negotiations, though key details still need to be resolved in subsequent talks.

Asked what he had learned from the war about the limits to his power, Trump said that "I haven't learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but there are no limits."

U.S. Central Command said Thursday that American forces had lifted all blockade enforcement on maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian coastal areas.

"All U.S. military blockade enforcement efforts have ceased," CENTCOM said in a social media post, adding that its naval ships would remain in the general area to ensure all aspects of the agreement are followed.