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President Donald Trump denied that by entering a war with Iran and during a contentious interview this weekend.
Trump in a pre-taped interview on that the war would soon come to an endrepeating an assertion that he and members of his Cabinet have made for months as the war has stubbornly dragged on without an end in sight. In his latest remarks, the president characterized the holdup as a dispute over language surrounding Iran’s future ability to acquire or purchase nuclear materials.
The president claimed that he made a distinction during his campaign for president in 2024 between “wars” and “endless” conflicts, adding that it wasn’t worth building up America’s military to never use it.
“First of all, I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?” he asked.
“When you say I promised, I didn’t promise anything. I don't like these endless wars. [But] this is not an endless war,” Trump told Welker.
He went on to compare the war in Iran to his military strike on Venezuela, which took place in January and in a daring late-night raid. The president still sees similarities between that operation and the conflict against Iran, which is now more than three months old and continues without any sign of U.S. progress towards its objectives.
“We took over Venezuela in a matter of minutes. We destroyed the capability of Iran in a matter of days. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it,” Trump said before comparing it to what he saw as the...
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