US President Donald Trump said in a televised speech on Wednesday night that the US military had nearly accomplished its goals in Iran, but offered no clear timeline for ending the monthlong war and vowed to bomb the country back into the “Stone Ages.”

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, that he declined to lay out a concrete plan to wind down the war, now in its fifth week, beyond saying that the US would finish the job “very fast.”

“We have all the cards,” Trump said from the White House in his first primetime address since the US and Israel launched the war on February 28. “They have none.”

The strait, he said, would open “naturally” once the war ended.

“We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” Trump said. “We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.”

“In the meantime, discussions are ongoing,” he added. “Yet if during this period of time, no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets.”

Trump’s 19-minute address broke little new ground and offered scant reassurance to Americans and US allies who are feeling increasing pain at the gas pump and growing impatience with the war.

Stocks fell, the dollar firmed and oil rose shortly after Trump’s comments, reflecting widespread sentiment that the conflict is likely to drag on for some time.