Trump said the Iran war would last weeks. Now he says the media got it wrong.
Trump now says his 4-6 week estimate was about eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat. That’s not what he said at the time.
Polls show midterm voters are angry that the Iran war — which President Donald Trump told them would be over in a matter of weeks — has led to higher inflation and energy prices, including for gasoline.
Now seven months into the conflict, Trump is defending his decision to attack Iran with Israel on Feb. 28, but he’s recasting his initial timeline for what he once labeled a “little excursion.”
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