Posted on 03/31/2026 3:46:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. could end its military campaign against Iran within two to three weeks.
"We'll be leaving very soon," he told reporters in the White House's Oval Office, adding that the exit could take place "within two weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe three."
The declaration was Trump's clearest to date that he intends to soon end a month-long war that has reordered the Middle East, disrupted global energy markets and changed the trajectory of the Republican's presidency.
Trump added that Tehran does not have to make a deal with Washington to end the conflict.
"Iran doesn't have to make a deal, no," he said when asked if successful diplomacy was a prerequisite to the U.S. winding down the conflict. "No, they don't have to make a deal with me."
Instead, Trump said, the requirement for winding down the operation was that Iran be "put into the stone ages," without the ability to soon acquire a nuclear weapon.
"Then we'll leave," he said.
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I guess that telling the N Vietnamese when we were pulling out was the wrong way to handle that situation...nothing at all like telling the Iranians when we’re pulling out of this one.
Am I getting warm?
Spontaneous combustion warm.
Two more weeks to flatten Iran!
Thirty days to flatten the curve, eh?
I believe him. Let’s hope so. We got Israel to keep tabs on any threatening action in the future. They can handle it and we’ll only be needed for backup.
So should I put away my gear?
Couldn’t quite recall what it reminded me of until just now.
The insiders and Trump have been saying things like it may be substantially over in two weeks, for the past 5 weeks.
The Money Pit with Tom Hanks had the reply to when the plumbing, the stairway, the roof and so on would be finished.
“Two weeks” was the running gag for months and thousands of dollars spent on the old house.
No, he originally said it would be around 30 days. It’s been 32.
Until they scorch earth their oil fields as a last straw.....
Or not.
Heard that last summer.
The losers here are losing their resolve…
REPORTER: Iran threatened US tech companies
TRUMP: With WHAT? What did they threaten them with? BB guns? They don't have much left to threaten. 😂
REPORTER: My question for you is—
TRUMP: YOU made a statement. What did they threaten them with? I don't know. Tell me. How did they threaten them?
REPORTER: All I know is that they threatened them, sir
TRUMP: What does that mean?
REPORTER: Fair enough
TRUMP: They said something nasty?
REPORTER: Are you helping the companies?
TRUMP: You don't even know what the threat WAS! What was the threat? I haven't heard it. What was the threat? Did they say they're going to blow them up? You know what they're not going to do? They're not going to hit them with a nuclear weapon!
🔥🔥🔥
The losers here are losing their resolve…
REPORTER: Iran threatened US tech companies
TRUMP: With WHAT? What did they threaten them with? BB guns? They don't have much left to threaten. 😂
REPORTER: My question for you is—
TRUMP: YOU made a statement. What did they threaten them with? I don't know. Tell me. How did they threaten them?
REPORTER: All I know is that they threatened them, sir
TRUMP: What does that mean?
REPORTER: Fair enough
TRUMP: They said something nasty?
REPORTER: Are you helping the companies?
TRUMP: You don't even know what the threat WAS! What was the threat? I haven't heard it. What was the threat? Did they say they're going to blow them up? You know what they're not going to do? They're not going to hit them with a nuclear weapon!
🔥🔥🔥
This is becoming a nightmare.
What actually happens in 2-3 weeks?
Reza Pahlavi - which I think is Iranian for Ahmed Chalabi - takes over as caretaker potentate for Iran and oversees elections for a democratic Iran?
Some kind of BS agreement happens to reopen Hormuz - returning the world to... what existed in February, now Iran charges a toll?
*Different* mullahs replace the *dead* mullahs?
Allow me to borrow a W malaprop — but fool me once? Won’t get fooled again.
Thank You!
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