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Flailing Trump, 79, Can't Keep His Story Straight on the War He Just Started [View all]
Flailing Trump, 79, Can’t Keep His Story Straight on the War He Just Started
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The president spent the weekend contradicting himself on Iran.
Janna Brancolini
Updated Mar. 2 2026 7:11AM EST
Published Mar. 2 2026 6:55AM EST
President Donald Trump can’t seem to explain why he went to war with Iran or what his goals are for the military campaign.
The president has given four different explanations in two days about how long he plans to bomb Iran and what he envisions for the country’s future, leading to accusations that he’s making up the deadly military campaign as he goes along.
The administration has also given shifting explanations about why Trump started the war in the first place.
The repeated contradictions suggest the president does not have a long-term strategy in place for the joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, which killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered a wave of retaliatory attacks in the region that left three American soldiers dead.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/flailing-trump-79-cant-keep-his-story-straight-on-the-war-he-just-started/
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