Iran live updates: Trump says 'no chance' Iran war will last rest of his term

During a speech at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Trump brought up the war with Iran as he discussed America's response to global terror in the quarter century since the attacks.

"For 25 years our best and bravest have kept America safe and today we salute every member of the United States military who served in the war on terror. It is a war on sick, horrible terror," he said.

"We salute the service members working right now to ensure the world's number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic republic of Iran, will never ever have a nuclear weapon," he added.

Secretary of State Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is ensuring Iran "will never have a nuclear weapon," saying the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and will finish the fight.

"The economic pressure tightens every day. We control the strait. We will finish this fight," Hegseth said during a 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday.

"The United States has killed their leaders, destroyed their air force and their navy rests at the bottom of the sea," Hegseth said.

President Donald Trump dismissed reports Thursday night that his advisors have warned him the Iran war could last through the end of his term.

"No there's not even a chance of that," the president said.

The president's timeline has shifted repeatedly. He initially said the war would last four to six weeks.

The president was also asked about oil prices increasing as the war with Iran continues. Trump repeated his claims that prices will drop once the war ends.

“When that ends, I think it'll end very shortly after the election -- could end before the election -- but I think it'll end very shortly after the election, the prices will go down to less than $2 a barrel, $2 a gallon for oil,” he said.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott

Several U.S. warplanes were damaged in Iran’s attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan earlier this week, two sources with knowledge of the incident told ABC News Thursday.

One A-10 attack aircraft was hit and lost a wing, while about eight F-15 fighter jets sustained light damage and were put back into service, they said.

The president had denied reports about U.S. aircraft damage during a news interview earlier Thursday.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez and Shannon Kingston