Trump denies that he campaigned on ending wars: 'I didn't promise anything'

Source: The Independent

Sunday 07 June 2026 18:16 EDT


President Donald Trump denied that he has broken his campaign promises by entering a war with Iran and vowed that the conflict would not be “endless” during a contentious interview this weekend.

Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker in a pre-taped interview on Meet the Press that the war with Iran would soon come to an end, repeating 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.

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