Donald Trump humiliated as he makes ginormous 5-month error live on air
President Donald Trump made an embarrassing slip-up on Tuesday, claiming the Iran war had lasted around five months.
The president appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday to discuss the most pressing issues of his administration. However, he seemed to be solely interested in defending the ongoing Iran war.
“They want it to be over immediately and I just looked at a little chart: WWI four years, three months. WWII six years. Korean War three years. Vietnam 19 years. Iraq eight years. I’m five months. Five months. I would have won Vietnam very quickly,” Trump said.
Users on social media were quick to mock the president, with some expressing confusion about the timeline of the conflict.
“He really did believe Bibi and the Israeli presentation that this Iran war would be over in a week,” one user wrote, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “And now he’s having to lie about his inability to get out of this conflict and compare to other WARS ( lest we forget he swears this isnt a ‘War’).”
“Just like the Ukraine war would be over in day 1,” another user said, referring to his previous campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine on his first day back in office.
“Look at Iran, though! That ain’t ending anytime soon!” a third user speculated.
Trump’s comment comes amid the ongoing two-week ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. The ceasefire deadline was originally Tuesday night, but Trump told Bloomberg News it would now end Wednesday night.
It remains unclear what will happen once the ceasefire ends. On Tuesday’s CNBC appearance, the president signaled that he is not interested in extending the deal.
“Well, I don’t want to do that. We don’t have that much time,” he said when asked if he would continue the ceasefire if there’s progress in the next round of Iran talks. He added that Iran “had a choice” and “they have to negotiate.”
He also signaled that strikes would continue in Iran if there’s little progress on peace talks.
“Well, I expect to be bombing because I think that’s a better attitude to go in with,” Trump said. “But, you know, we’re ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go.”
Vance was expected to fly to Pakistan on Tuesday to continue peace talks amid the looming ceasefire deadline. However, Iran did not immediately confirm it would send a delegation to Islamabad.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were also scheduled to travel to the Middle East to continue negotiations.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country was concerned about “unconstructive and contradictory signals from American officials,” asserting that “Iranians do not submit to force.”
The last round of negotiations, led by Vice President JD Vance, failed after he said Iran refused to accept American terms to refrain from developing nuclear weapons.
“But the simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon,” Vance told reporters after the 21 hours of talks in Pakistan. “That is the core goal of the president of the United States. And that’s what we’ve tried to achieve through these negotiations.”