Trump: "As soon as I want [the war] to end, it will end"

Friday, October 16, 2026

One remark in particular, O'Donnell argued, was "the stupidest statement a wartime president could ever make." Trump this week claimed that his war on Iran "will end very soon." "It's going to end very soon, as soon as I want it to end, it will end," said the president.

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More: O'Donnell tore into the comment and what he thought it implied:

"No wartime president of the United States has ever said, As soon as I want the war to end, it will end.' And so what Donald Trump told American voters last night is, I don't want the war to end. I don't want the war to end today. I don't want the war to end tomorrow. I don't want the war to end next week.' Donald Trump is saying, It's my war, and it will end whenever I want it to end. And because I'm not out there fighting it myself, I do not want it to end.'"

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-10-16 09:48 AM | Reply

He's a complete idiot.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-16 10:38 AM | Reply

So he doesn't want the war to end or he would end it right now.

It's a ALL BS of course. He has no plan and is just making it up as he goes.

Remember when it was a scandal when Obama dared to tell Putin that he would have "more flexibility" after the midterms?

Ahh. Yes.. Good times.

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-16 12:02 PM | Reply

So he is saying that he wants the high prices and inflation for the oil and diesel now.

He wants American families to suffer.

------- sociopath.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-10-16 12:18 PM | Reply