President Donald Trump says the war involving the United States and Iran may conclude within two to three weeks, regardless of whether a diplomatic agreement is reached.

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Speaking as the White House announced he will deliver a national address on Wednesday evening, Trump said the campaign aims to eliminate Iran’s remaining military and nuclear capabilities.

He said the conflict could wrap up “within maybe two weeks,” possibly slightly longer, depending on the progress of military operations. The president added that U.S. forces intend to dismantle Iran’s capacity to develop nuclear weapons before ending the campaign.

Trump sets short timeline for conflict

Trump also signalled that negotiations with Tehran remain possible but suggested they were not essential to ending the war.

He warned that if talks fail, the United States could escalate attacks on key infrastructure targets, including bridges.

“If they come to the table, that will be good,” he said. “But whether we have a deal or not, it’s irrelevant.”

Israel vows to continue offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would continue its military campaign against Iran, declaring the operation far from over.

In a televised statement, Netanyahu said Israel would press ahead with efforts to defeat what he called Iran’s “terror regime.”

He argued the war had already reshaped the regional balance of power, claiming Israel had strengthened its position in the Middle East despite the continuing conflict.

His remarks came shortly after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian indicated that Iran was willing to end hostilities.

Pezeshkian said Tehran had the determination to conclude the conflict but was seeking guarantees that similar attacks would not occur again in the future.

The statements highlight a continuing divide between the opposing sides as fighting continues.

Iran-linked strikes hit Gulf region

The conflict expanded further across the Gulf on Wednesday following several attacks attributed to Iran or its allied groups.

Authorities in Kuwait reported a drone strike on a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, which triggered a large fire.

The state news agency said there were no immediate reports of injuries, while emergency crews worked to contain the blaze.

The report suggested the attack may have been carried out by Iran-backed militias operating from Iraq with support from Tehran.

Elsewhere in the Gulf, officials in Bahrain said firefighters were responding to a blaze at a business facility following what they described as an Iranian attack.

A tanker was also targeted off the coast of Qatar, according to authorities.

Inside Iran, state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported explosions and strikes across northern, eastern and central areas of Tehran.

Rubio questions NATO role

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington may reconsider its relationship with North Atlantic Treaty Organization once the conflict with Iran ends.

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Rubio said the war had raised questions about the alliance’s value for the United States.

He noted that he had long supported NATO during his time in the Senate, particularly because U.S. forces rely on bases in Europe to project military power globally.

However, Rubio suggested that if allies restrict U.S. access to those bases during conflicts, the alliance could become a burden rather than a strategic asset.

He said the United States was not asking NATO members to participate directly in air strikes against Iran but expected them to allow the use of their facilities.

“If their answer is no,” Rubio said, “then you have to ask why we are in NATO.”

His remarks follow earlier criticism from Trump, who accused some allies of failing to support the U.S. war effort and told them to secure their own oil supplies rather than relying on American protection of the Strait of Hormuz.

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In other words he now realizes he and 'BiBi" bit off more than they can chew and so now wants to retreat, the question is will Iran let them get away with it again or will they continue firing rockets and drones to rid the region of the aggressors once and for all.

TACO Trump

24 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

TACO Trump

Totally agree !! always thought Americans were stupid!! fools for voting in this madman

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

President Donald Trump says the war involving the United States and Iran may conclude within two to three weeks, regardless of whether a diplomatic agreement is reached.

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Speaking as the White House announced he will deliver a national address on Wednesday evening, Trump said the campaign aims to eliminate Iran’s remaining military and nuclear capabilities.

He said the conflict could wrap up “within maybe two weeks,” possibly slightly longer, depending on the progress of military operations. The president added that U.S. forces intend to dismantle Iran’s capacity to develop nuclear weapons before ending the campaign.

Trump sets short timeline for conflict

Trump also signalled that negotiations with Tehran remain possible but suggested they were not essential to ending the war.

He warned that if talks fail, the United States could escalate attacks on key infrastructure targets, including bridges.

“If they come to the table, that will be good,” he said. “But whether we have a deal or not, it’s irrelevant.”

Israel vows to continue offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would continue its military campaign against Iran, declaring the operation far from over.

In a televised statement, Netanyahu said Israel would press ahead with efforts to defeat what he called Iran’s “terror regime.”

He argued the war had already reshaped the regional balance of power, claiming Israel had strengthened its position in the Middle East despite the continuing conflict.

His remarks came shortly after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian indicated that Iran was willing to end hostilities.

Pezeshkian said Tehran had the determination to conclude the conflict but was seeking guarantees that similar attacks would not occur again in the future.

The statements highlight a continuing divide between the opposing sides as fighting continues.

Iran-linked strikes hit Gulf region

The conflict expanded further across the Gulf on Wednesday following several attacks attributed to Iran or its allied groups.

Authorities in Kuwait reported a drone strike on a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, which triggered a large fire.

The state news agency said there were no immediate reports of injuries, while emergency crews worked to contain the blaze.

The report suggested the attack may have been carried out by Iran-backed militias operating from Iraq with support from Tehran.

Elsewhere in the Gulf, officials in Bahrain said firefighters were responding to a blaze at a business facility following what they described as an Iranian attack.

A tanker was also targeted off the coast of Qatar, according to authorities.

Inside Iran, state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported explosions and strikes across northern, eastern and central areas of Tehran.

Rubio questions NATO role

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington may reconsider its relationship with North Atlantic Treaty Organization once the conflict with Iran ends.

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Rubio said the war had raised questions about the alliance’s value for the United States.

He noted that he had long supported NATO during his time in the Senate, particularly because U.S. forces rely on bases in Europe to project military power globally.

However, Rubio suggested that if allies restrict U.S. access to those bases during conflicts, the alliance could become a burden rather than a strategic asset.

He said the United States was not asking NATO members to participate directly in air strikes against Iran but expected them to allow the use of their facilities.

“If their answer is no,” Rubio said, “then you have to ask why we are in NATO.”

His remarks follow earlier criticism from Trump, who accused some allies of failing to support the U.S. war effort and told them to secure their own oil supplies rather than relying on American protection of the Strait of Hormuz.

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I watched the televised presentation by Hegseth, from the White House, and couldn't help but liken it to a "look how great I am/we are with our brave American boys etc, etc, etc and I had to turn it off because it was sickening IMO.

Not just the "look how great I am/we are" drivel that is aimed mostly at the MAGA crowd who lap this rubbish up, but is thought-provoking in the following way..... Trump and his administration keep going on about "the war", but this is not a war, it is an attack on another country and it's not like the previous wars where Germany invaded Poland, or where Russia invaded and started a war with Ukraine (and there are many other examples I could quote but I won't for now) but Iran hasn't invaded or sought a war with the USA??

If the rationale appears to be (which will be from some MAGAs on here) that the US started this war because Iran was on its way to building a nuclear weapon, so if having a nuclear weapon is the reason to start a war, then why doesn't the US start a war with North Korea, or Russia (or others) for example??

No doubt the posters will suggest that Iran is unstable and it is dangerous for them to have a nuclear weapon, but then that could be said about North Korea and Russia.

So why do we have a war which has started to affect countries worldwide as well as the everyday citizen ranging from labourers, to farms, to engineers, to the food that we eat to the cars that we drive?

To misquote an old saying, "the answer lies in the soil oil".........oh and almost forgot; trump needs a disraction from his pedophile accusations and the fact that his name appears multiple times in the Epstein files as well as the fact that his popularity ratings have plummeted amongst "normal" people. Also added to that list are the multiple lies that he has spewed forth about how the economy will benefit the everyday American citizen and one can see that this poor excuse for a human being appeals to MAGAs only because they will follow this grifting clown anywhere and shut out the facts and truth..

4 minutes ago, xylophone said:

I watched the televised presentation by Hegseth, from the White House, and couldn't help but liken it to a "look how great I am/we are with our brave American boys etc, etc, etc and I had to turn it off because it was sickening IMO.

Not just the "look how great I am/we are" drivel that is aimed mostly at the MAGA crowd who lap this rubbish up, but is thought-provoking in the following way..... Trump and his administration keep going on about "the war", but this is not a war, it is an attack on another country and it's not like the previous wars where Germany invaded Poland, or where Russia invaded and started a war with Ukraine (and there are many other examples I could quote but I won't for now) but Iran hasn't invaded or sought a war with the USA??

If the rationale appears to be (which will be from some MAGAs on here) that the US started this war because Iran was on its way to building a nuclear weapon, so if having a nuclear weapon is the reason to start a war, then why doesn't the US start a war with North Korea, or Russia (or others) for example??

No doubt the posters will suggest that Iran is unstable and it is dangerous for them to have a nuclear weapon, but then that could be said about North Korea and Russia.

So why do we have a war which has started to affect countries worldwide as well as the everyday citizen ranging from labourers, to farms, to engineers, to the food that we eat to the cars that we drive?

To misquote an old saying, "the answer lies in the soil oil".........oh and almost forgot; trump needs a disraction from his pedophile accusations and the fact that his name appears multiple times in the Epstein files as well as the fact that his popularity ratings have plummeted amongst "normal" people. Also added to that list are the multiple lies that he has spewed forth about how the economy will benefit the everyday American citizen and one can see that this poor excuse for a human being appeals to MAGAs only because they will follow this grifting clown anywhere and shut out the facts and truth..

The simple answer is Americans are fools !!! do they think they will get rid of trump in the midterms !!! Trump is in for life !! only a bullet will get rid of him !! hang your head in shame America

1 hour ago, MikeandDow said:

The simple answer is Americans are fools !!! do they think they will get rid of trump in the midterms !!! Trump is in for life !! only a bullet will get rid of him !! hang your head in shame America

The simple answer is he has another two years in office, and then he'll leave.

Hegseth said in one of his pressers, "I pray to God we blow the Hell out of them".

I'm a little hazy on my Bible, but from what Psalm is that? Maybe Psalm 666?

Maybe it was a redacted part of the Sermon on the Mount?

It certainly doesn't sound like the Jesus I've read about.

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

I watched the televised presentation by Hegseth, from the White House, and couldn't help but liken it to a "look how great I am/we are with our brave American boys etc, etc, etc and I had to turn it off because it was sickening IMO.

Not just the "look how great I am/we are" drivel that is aimed mostly at the MAGA crowd who lap this rubbish up, but is thought-provoking in the following way..... Trump and his administration keep going on about "the war", but this is not a war, it is an attack on another country and it's not like the previous wars where Germany invaded Poland, or where Russia invaded and started a war with Ukraine (and there are many other examples I could quote but I won't for now) but Iran hasn't invaded or sought a war with the USA??

If the rationale appears to be (which will be from some MAGAs on here) that the US started this war because Iran was on its way to building a nuclear weapon, so if having a nuclear weapon is the reason to start a war, then why doesn't the US start a war with North Korea, or Russia (or others) for example??

No doubt the posters will suggest that Iran is unstable and it is dangerous for them to have a nuclear weapon, but then that could be said about North Korea and Russia.

So why do we have a war which has started to affect countries worldwide as well as the everyday citizen ranging from labourers, to farms, to engineers, to the food that we eat to the cars that we drive?

To misquote an old saying, "the answer lies in the soil oil".........oh and almost forgot; trump needs a disraction from his pedophile accusations and the fact that his name appears multiple times in the Epstein files as well as the fact that his popularity ratings have plummeted amongst "normal" people. Also added to that list are the multiple lies that he has spewed forth about how the economy will benefit the everyday American citizen and one can see that this poor excuse for a human being appeals to MAGAs only because they will follow this grifting clown anywhere and shut out the facts and truth..

You forgot to mention Israel... the elephant in the room.

Hard to see how anyone can predict a two‑week end to a conflict without a clear plan.

If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?

6 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

Hard to see how anyone can predict a two‑week end to a conflict without a clear plan.

If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?

As Yogi Berra said, "We're lost, but we're making good time".

However you look at it, one thing is clear, America & the world would have been better off if they never started this folly.

27 minutes ago, 1tooth said:

americans are white sock wearing 1diots. Have you ever spoken to one? They are incredibly stup1d. I used to love sacking one, everytime I made a visit to my USA offices. During the western expansion americans used to eat each other on the trail. How can we associate with vile people like this? americans know Trump is stup1d, and love it because he is one of them. Biden was a below average intelligence buffoon, and they loved him because he is one of them. america/Israel has been bombing the rock above small military cities (with no effect) and then they switched targets to bomb civilian sites, so they could show they had an effect on Iran. They bombed universities. They even bombed an in progress girls volleyball game. america/Israel have lost this war, emboldened Iran, handed leadership of the world to China, and made Russia's job much easier. Yes, americans are stup1d vile people. The less of them, the better. Good riddance!

I'm an American, and I (don't) resent that remark!

I knew my country had more than its fair share of dumb people, but I never though we had enough to elect a clown and a Game Show Host, a willfully ignorant moron, a guy who lies as easily as he breathes, who also happens to be a racist and misogynist, is woefully insecure, and may very well be a pedophile.

I grossly over estimated Republicans when Trump won in 2016. I thought they would see him as a joke, let him play powerless dress-up king if he wanted, and go about legislating their own agenda. I subsequently learned they are spineless cowards, afraid of mean Tweets and getting "primaried". Their one skill is they do a perfect imitation of North Korean military people and government officials. No praise is too great, no fawning is over the top, and first one to stop clapping gets shot.

8 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

Hard to see how anyone can predict a two‑week end to a conflict without a clear plan.

If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?

Perhaps that was trump's strategy all along?
If you don't have a clear plan and don't know what you are doing, how can the enemy plan their defenses?

Based on what we've been seeing over the past month, the idiot in charge clearly has no idea what he has done or what he will continue to do, or, perhaps more importantly, what worldwide fallout will result!

41 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

Perhaps that was trump's strategy all along?
If you don't have a clear plan and don't know what you are doing, how can the enemy plan their defenses?

Based on what we've been seeing over the past month, the idiot in charge clearly has no idea what he has done or what he will continue to do, or, perhaps more importantly, what worldwide fallout will result!

Trump is a classic example of the aphorism"if you fail to plan, you plan to fail ". That is why he keep losing court cases and keep Taco -ing on all his policies. Not forgetting his fail businesses too.

'Bout time for that song...

Bye bye, Bibi, bye bye

Bye bye Bibi don't cry

Trump Says Iran Conflict May End in Two Weeks Without Deal

Trump blathers on to move the stock market so he and his apparatchiks can make a few more billion on "Trump Announcements."

FYI - mafias make "deals." Countries make treaties.

4-6 wks. That was the initial call. Seems the inflicted on here just can't help themselves. TACO? Really goes to show the lack of intelligence from some on here. Orange man bad because MSM says orange man bad. Let's see what the situation is after six weeks.

4 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

4-6 wks. That was the initial call. Seems the inflicted on here just can't help themselves. TACO? Really goes to show the lack of intelligence from some on here. Orange man bad because MSM says orange man bad. Let's see what the situation is after six weeks.

Didn’t he promise not to start a war with Iran?

To put America first?

Make America Great Again? hint he’s Making America Poorer Again.

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

4-6 wks. That was the initial call. Seems the inflicted on here just can't help themselves. TACO? Really goes to show the lack of intelligence from some on here. Orange man bad because MSM says orange man bad. Let's see what the situation is after six weeks.

You are definitely a wannabee yank !! and i think you will fit in well with the rest of American fools who think trump is doing a good job !!

17 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Didn’t he promise not to start a war with Iran?

To put America first?

Make America Great Again? hint he’s Making America Poorer Again.

Seems like Iran didn't want to stop their progression to ICBM's and nukes. Should they have been allowed to continue towards this goal? I say no. What do you say. Yes or No?

Quelle surprise.

The old two weeks BS gambit yet again.

What a disgrace and embarrassment to have him as president.

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Seems like Iran didn't want to stop their progression to ICBM's and nukes. Should they have been allowed to continue towards this goal? I say no. What do you say. Yes or No?

I say yes.

A nuclear armed Iran wouldn’t be a threat.

But this is irrelevant, they were years away from that anyway, no immediate threat, Trump said obliterated last year.

1 minute ago, MikeandDow said:

You are definitely a wannabee yank !! and i think you will fit in well with the rest of American fools who think trump is doing a good job !!

4 weeks in. As I said it was given as 4-6 weeks. What will you say if this actually sorts itself out in the next couple of weeks. Well done Trump? Did you say well done Trump for getting the hostages and bodies released by Hamas? I doubt it. Your irrational hatred, which has a name that can't be mentioned, won't allow you. Trump closing the border was a good thing? You will have to say no it wasn't because you HATE Trump to such.

3 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I say yes.

A nuclear armed Iran wouldn’t be a threat.

But this is irrelevant, they were years away from that anyway, no immediate threat, Trump said obliterated last year.

You must be kidding. Not a threat. Years away. Where are you forming your opinions from?

50 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

4-6 wks. That was the initial call. Seems the inflicted on here just can't help themselves. TACO? Really goes to show the lack of intelligence from some on here. Orange man bad because MSM says orange man bad. Let's see what the situation is after six weeks.

Like when was 4-6 weeks the ‘initial call’?

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Seems like Iran didn't want to stop their progression to ICBM's and nukes. Should they have been allowed to continue towards this goal? I say no. What do you say. Yes or No?

Where are you getting the idea that Iran was on about course towards nuclear weapons? Trump's own Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, testified to Congress that Iran didn't have an active nuclear weapon development program and hadn't restarted uranium enrichment.

America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment

The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers, and its supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program even though it had enriched uranium to higher levels.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/americas-spies-say-iran-wasnt-building-a-nuclear-weapon-trump-dismisses-that-assessment

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Like when was 4-6 weeks the ‘initial call’?

4 weeks ago. You're showing your lack of knowledge.

2 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Where are you getting the idea that Iran was on about course towards nuclear weapons?

460 kg of 60% enriched uranium and a massive ICBM programme. What do you think? 60% is only weeks away from a nuke.

6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

4 weeks ago. You're showing your lack of knowledge.

Then you’ll have a link to back your claim.