Donald Trump hurled personal attacks against journalists who questioned him on Iran.
While hosting a press conference, the 79-year-old president was asked his shifting timeline since launching a military strike against the country in late February. Although he previously implied that things would be wrapped up within four to six weeks, it’s been longer than that and a peace agreement has not been reached.
Asked about the timeline, Trump warned reporters not to “rush” him before providing a justification for the ongoing war. As questions continued, he starting insulting members of the media.
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When asked how long he was “willing to wait” for a response amid peace negotiations with Iran, Trump referenced previous wars that the United States was involved in and their timelines.
“Don’t rush me,” the president said. “We were in Vietnam for 18 years. We were in Iraq for many, many years. We’re in for… I don’t like to say World War II because that was a biggie. But we were four and a half, almost five years in World war II. We were in the Korean War for seven years.”
He continued, insisting, “I’ve been doing this for six weeks, and their military is totally defeated.”
The Republican blamed confusion within Iran for delays.
“They have all new leadership, and they’re fighting like cats and dogs for who’s going to control because we’ve created a real mess for them. But they’ve created a mess for the world over the last 47 years,” he said, adding, “They’ve killed a lot of our people. When you see a soldier, a young person or now an old person, but a person without legs or without arms or with a face that got blown to pieces, most likely it was from Iran.”
As for the ceasefire agreement, Trump said it was “a little chance to get some of [the] turmoil resolved” within the Iranian leadership.
He then incorrectly implied that the military strike has only been going on for five and a half weeks.
As questions continued, he said that he could “make a deal right now” to end the war.
“If I left right now, we had a tremendous success. It would take them 20 years to rebuild. But I don’t want to do that. I want to have it everlasting. I want to have it where they never have a chance to get it,” he said.
When asked about his response to Americans who are getting concerned as the fighting continues, he deemed the reporter “such a disgrace.”
“Did you hear what I just said? Vietnam? How many years was Vietnam?”
Later in the press conference, he deemed a reporter a “wise guy,” saying that he was cutting off his response to a question.
Trump was also questioned about if he planned to use a nuclear weapon in the country, a question that he branded “stupid.”
“We don’t need it. Why do I need it? Why would a stupid question like that be asked? Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we’ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it? No, I wouldn’t use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody,” he said.
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