Hi everyone. It's 4 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez in for Nicole Wallace.

Day 27 of the war with Iran, and here's where things stand. Rising fuel prices have forced the U.S.

Postal Service to impose an 8% surcharge on all of your packages.

And inflation is now expected to top 4%. That's according to one estimate.

As for Donald Trump, he faces no good options to end the war he started and growing frustration

among the American public over the economic pain his war is causing.

Brand new reporting from the Wall Street Journal reveals that, quote, nearly one month into the war,

the president has privately informed advisors, he thinks the conflict is in its final stages,

urging them to stick to the four to six week timeline he's outlined publicly.

At the White House today, Donald Trump

denied the reporting and said he is, quote, the opposite of desperate. But it is becoming increasingly

clear that he has few good options. The Iranian regime has rejected a US peace proposal. There are

no active negotiations between the United States and Iran at this moment.

Two U.S. officials and two sources with knowledge tell Axios, the Pentagon is plotting a, quote,

final blow that would involve boots on the ground. Among the options Trump could choose from,

Seesing Kark Island, where most of Iran's oil is exported from, capturing Iranian territory to

allow for safe passage through the Strait of Hermuz, or blocking ships that are exporting Iran's

oil. Many of these possibilities involve boots on the ground. And Axios warns that, quote,

many of the scenarios under discussion would risk prolonging and

intensifying the fight rather than bringing it to a dramatic conclusion.

And that is something Trump does not want to do.

U.S. officials tell the Wall Street Journal that, quote, Trump is willing to order U.S. troops

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