Trump in Thursday remarks to the press said he was "ensuring that Iran will be very quickly ended," while claiming the Iranian theocratic government is "ready to fold up".
As far as a timeline, he stressed once again his view that the US will 'win' but it will be "right after the election." Around 9,000 more troops are headed toward the Middle East from San Diego, as the USS Roosevelt strike group newly deploys.
On the election front, Trump conceded something that his Republican party is not going to want to hear:
via APPresident Trump on Thursday said “it’s possible” that the Iran war could cost him the November midterm elections by risking Republican control of the House, Senate or both.
“Well, it’s possible. It should help,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before heading to a campaign rally in the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. “Because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. So when you say, ‘Is it OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon?’ I would say 100 percent of the people say no, including worldwide. So, when you say it that way, it would help. If you don’t say that, it could hurt.”
Republicans in Congress know this risk or likelihood too, and yet oddly they have overwhelmingly voted down every War Powers resolution.
Trump had earlier this month told GOP voters to act is if it is he that is on the ballot.
"I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot," he told the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas. "Just
