Trump says Iran war will end 'when I feel it in my bones,' offers no strategic criteria

In a podcast interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, Trump was asked when the Iran war would end. Trump said 'When I feel it' and 'When I feel it in my bones.' When pressed further, he added 'I don't think it would be long' but offered no strategic objectives, military benchmarks, or diplomatic conditions for ending the conflict. The remark, coming almost two weeks after joint US and Israeli strikes began, alarmed national security experts and allies who noted the absence of any coherent endgame. The statement stood in stark contrast to his earlier claims that there was 'practically nothing left to target' and that the war was 'very complete, pretty much.' By this point, 13 US servicemembers had been killed, over 140 had been injured, and oil prices had surged dramatically with no end date in sight.

"When I feel it in my bones" — Said on Brian Kilmeade's Fox News podcast when asked when the Iran war would end, offering no strategic or military criteria