On the March 16, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports, host Greg Kelly declared “we kind of just won the war.”
One week after saying “we kind of just won the war,” Newsmax's Greg Kelly says “the war is ongoing and hopefully it's coming to a close soon”
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From the March 23, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): Oh boy. For a while this weekend it was an even worse thing to be in Iran. Did you see what President Trump put out over this weekend? If Iran does not fully open, without threat, the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours from this exact point in time — this was Friday night — the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various power plants, starting with the biggest one first. Actually, I'm sorry, that may have been Saturday. It got my attention. It's like, oh boy, I hope they're listening. And apparently they are. You know, whatever Iran's bluster is behind the scenes, they have some reasonable people. They're fanatics, but they're also realists as well. President Trump from this morning.
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KELLY: I believe him, and I think it's in their best interest, don't you? So what is it — what's the new tone? Right? What's the new message? Let's go ahead and put that up on the screen. I am pleased to report that the United States of America and the country of Iran have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East. President Trump doesn't want an ongoing war, and we have degraded their nuclear. They have no more missiles. They cannot export terror anymore. And we continue to pound. Take a look at some of this stuff. The only critique I have is I'd like to have a little bit of audio. These are like silent movies. Now, one of the most effective things we're doing is taking out their drones. These are drones. Sometimes they look like airplanes, but they are drones for the most part. And they still have plenty that are hidden, but a lot less than they used to have.
So, the war is ongoing and hopefully it's coming to a close soon. I kind of feel it, don't you? I hope, you know, I hope. This is not Iraq, alright. This is not Afghanistan. We know that.