Asked whether the back-and-forth attacks could continue until Iran was no longer capable of striking back, Trump said, "Yeah, sure, I think so. But they’ll get weaker, and then they peter out," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David, Maryland. The latest fighting also complicates the administration’s earlier declarations that it had eliminated Iran’s ability to project military power. Iran denied that direct talks were taking place but acknowledged that mediators were relaying messages between the two sides. Oman, Qatar, Pakistan and Egypt have sought to revive the June agreement that was intended to end the fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.