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Trump Advisers Warn Iran Conflict May Last Through End of His Term, WSJ Reports
USNews (reuters) ^ | Sept. 9, 2026, | Carlos Méndez

Posted on 09/09/2026 11:22:34 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Top White ⁠House ⁠advisers, including Vice ⁠President JD Vance and Secretary ​of State Marco Rubio, have privately warned ‌President Donald Trump that ‌the conflict with Iran could ⁠extend ⁠through the remainder of his presidency, the Wall ​Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials.

The White House did not immediately ​respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The ⁠advisers ⁠told Trump in private ⁠discussions ​in the Oval Office and the Situation ​Room that ⁠Tehran could continue to resist U.S. pressure, potentially prolonging the conflict beyond Inauguration Day in January 2029, the ⁠Journal added.

The reported warning contrasts with Trump's own public ⁠remarks about the war. The president said on Wednesday he expected the war to end "immediately after" the U.S. midterm elections in November, arguing that Iran was trying to influence the vote but would be unable to ⁠sustain its resistance much longer.

Trump also acknowledged diplomatic talks are still a possibility but were not preferred.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: canwin50moretimes; dodindustrialcomplex; dowindustrialcomplex; foreverwar; jihadiststoogery; tds

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1 posted on 09/09/2026 11:22:34 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

So, if these were private conversations how does Ruters know so much about them?

Desperately trying to cook the mid-terms.

Don’t worry boys, the pres. is taking care of things and they were just testing that slide. We’ll promise those fools another 5 grand and it will be in the bag.

Oops! Somebody got some splain’ to do.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-emergency-slide-is-being-checked-qatar-gifted-air-force-one-2026-09-09/

And awaaay we go!


2 posted on 09/09/2026 11:36:46 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Sequoyah101

“ So, if these were private conversations how does Ruters know so much about them?”

Exactly. Just a small handful of trusted advisers and somebody blabbed / sabotaged President Trump? Right.


3 posted on 09/10/2026 12:02:45 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Mount Athos

Decimate their ability to produce, refine, or move oil and its over. Iran has nothing else to sell.


4 posted on 09/10/2026 12:30:29 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Mount Athos

If only we had Resident Barack Hussein Obama
to send the Twelver Shia Mullahs another
$400 Billion Dollars

Then the Mullahs would be our good friends!

AND they would not build nuclear weapons!


5 posted on 09/10/2026 1:01:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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For IRGC Educational Purposes 😉
6 posted on 09/10/2026 1:37:49 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Mount Athos

Well if that’s the case ,we won’t have to worry about them for 100 years.


7 posted on 09/10/2026 2:59:19 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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To: Sequoyah101

I thought I. heard someone say we won a long time ago.


8 posted on 09/10/2026 3:10:21 AM PDT by Vehmgericht (s)
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To: Mount Athos

Drop the bridges.

Bomb the electric turbines.

Stone Age.

No electrons.

No wheels across water.

This is easy to do.

The Persians seem unable or unwilling to throw off their yoke. Not my problem.

We can’t have a nutso death cult nuking New York. Already, they’ve ruined a region for way too many decades.

Just get it over with. Let them be a lesson for the ages.

STONE AGE.

Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary. And forever, as necessary.

Sow their fields with salt.


9 posted on 09/10/2026 3:20:52 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (When your Supreme Leader is easily whacked by Jews, reconsider how Akhbar your Allah is!)
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To: kaktuskid

Bomb the mainland pumps to Kargh Island.

Done.

A 1 hour job, max.


10 posted on 09/10/2026 3:23:57 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (When your Supreme Leader is easily whacked by Jews, reconsider how Akhbar your Allah is!)
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To: Mount Athos

WSJ..no named sources.


11 posted on 09/10/2026 3:32:13 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Mount Athos

The war started in 1979.


12 posted on 09/10/2026 3:36:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Sequoyah101

Silly season bump


13 posted on 09/10/2026 3:37:30 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Sequoyah101

“So, if these were private conversations how does Ruters know so much about them?”

Because someone, or many someones, leaked them.


14 posted on 09/10/2026 3:53:26 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Mount Athos
Maybe George W. Bush wasn't the worst thing to ever happen to the Republican Party.

I never believed I could seriously question that, but here we are.

15 posted on 09/10/2026 3:53:53 AM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: central_va

Their war against the US and Israel is the “forever war” we are finally putting an end to and there’s no time for any half-assed attempts. When the time is right for a coup de grâce, Trump will deliver it.


16 posted on 09/10/2026 3:59:33 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: equaviator

Iran, you’re fired!


17 posted on 09/10/2026 4:59:24 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Mount Athos

This tit-for-tat stuff is nonsense. It can go on forever. Is DJT waiting until the rannies get lucky and actually hit a warship? Radar can certainly identify the location of a missile launch. That location should be smoking ruins within a few hours.

Crush them or go home.


18 posted on 09/10/2026 5:14:07 AM PDT by wny
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To: central_va

It’s more of a timeline of no return. A point of no return would be too easy to miss!


19 posted on 09/10/2026 5:19:12 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Mount Athos

Que Dr. Evil....How about NO!!!


20 posted on 09/10/2026 5:26:46 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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