Trump originally claimed his war with Iran would last “four to five weeks”
Donald Trump’s unpopular war of choice with Iran has raged for more than 100 days, and 14 U.S. service members have been killed and the economy has been wrecked as prices continue to skyrocket. Since the war began, Trump has claimed more than 40 times that the war was close to an end, that a deal was near, or that the war was already over — and each time that has proven to be false as Trump and his administration seem unable to end the war he started.
Trump originally claimed the war would last “four to five weeks” and said the war was “substantially ahead of our time projections.” Since then, Trump has consistently said — sometimes multiple times in one day — that he was close to reaching a deal. In April, Trump referred to the war, saying, “it should be ending pretty soon,” and “We’re very close to a deal with Iran.” Nearly every week thereafter, Trump has claimed the war is almost over, declaring, “We’re in final stages” of a deal and that terms were “largely negotiated.”
As recently as yesterday, Trump said an agreement with Iran could be signed over the weekend, but just this morning, Trump continued to make new threats towards Iran, raising the possibility of new military strikes.
Meanwhile, JD Vance in March said, “There’s just no way Donald Trump is going to allow this country to get into a multi-year conflict with no clear end in sight and no clear objective.” But in an interview this week, he offered no clarity on the status of the negotiations or timeline for the war after he failed to negotiate an end to the war earlier this year.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
“Donald Trump’s deadly and costly war with Iran has been an unmitigated disaster that has cost the lives of over a dozen service members and sent the economy into a tailspin. Working families are drowning in sky-high prices on everything from gas to groceries, while billions of their tax dollars fund Trump’s seemingly endless war, and he continues to say how much he doesn’t give a shit about Americans’ financial struggles. Americans are sick and tired of footing the bill for Trump’s unpopular war of choice that he has no plan for and doesn’t seem to know how to end.”
As Trump’s war rages on with no end in sight, the prices of everyday needs, including gas, groceries, and transportation, continue to skyrocket. The average cost of a gallon of gasoline sits at a whopping $4.11, and the average U.S. household has spent an additional $450 on energy costs since the war started. Inflation in May surged 4.2% year over year, the highest in three years.
