CNN Host Calls Out Trump With Lengthy Montage Of Iran War Claims | EUROtoday

CNN host Kaitlan Collins known as out President Donald Trump Thursday over his ever-shifting timeline for an finish to his conflict on Iran, citing all of the disparate claims from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and Trump himself.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty about what comes next between the United States and Iran, but at the White House today, one thing was made very clear — the president wants to stop being asked about the timeline for this war,” Collins stated Thursday on “The Source.”

She famous the timeline Trump himself shared with the general public after launching his conflict in February and saying “Operation Epic Fury,” when he advised The New York Times that the U.S. and Israel intend to cease bombing Iran in “four to five weeks.”

“The president alluded to this question, of how long this war could go on, when he posted today, ‘I am possibly the least-pressured person ever to be in this position’ and ‘I have all the time in the world,’” stated Collins, quoting a social media submit from Trump.

She famous that Trump took questions on his conflict and ceasefire extension “just a few hours later,” nevertheless, when Bloomberg reporter Jeff Mason requested Trump how lengthy he’s “willing to wait” for a conclusive response from Iran amid ostensibly ongoing negotiations.

The president’s reply sparked widespread frustration amongst critics on social media.

“Well, don’t rush me,” stated Trump. “Don’t rush me, Jeff … We were in the Korean War for seven years. I’ve been doing this for six weeks … I could make a deal right now … I don’t want to rush myself, you know, because every story says, ‘Oh, Trump is under time pressure.’”

He continued, “I’m not. No, no. You know who’s under time pressure? They are … I don’t want to rush it. I want to take my time. We have plenty of time. And I want to get a great deal … I can only tell you this, it’ll end. I don’t think It’ll be very long, by the way.”

Collins then famous that the conflict will enter its ninth week in a couple of days, after which performed a montage of Trump, Leavitt and Hegseth assuring the American public that it might be over “soon,” in “four to five weeks” — or “five to six weeks.”

“It has now been seven weeks and five days,” stated Collins after the clip concluded. “And of course, in this moment, and amid the questions of how long this can last, the effects of the war are certainly being felt here at home, and certainly being felt at the gas pump.”

The conflict has already value at the very least 13 U.S. service members and greater than 3,000 Iranians their lives, and led Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz — by way of which a fifth of the world’s oil passes — leading to excessive fuel costs and concern of a probably international power disaster.