Trump's War Predictions and Iran's Resilience: Six Months Later
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Trump predicted four to five weeks of war. It's been six months. When the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran early this year, President Donald Trump said the war would last four to five weeks. Friday marks six months of conflict. Iran has expanded the war to several Gulf states and appears to have drawn the U.S. into yet another quagmire in the Middle East.
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USA TodayThe Iran war reached its six month mark on Aug. 28. Trump initially said it would last four to five weeks. In the six months since, he has repeatedly said the war was nearly over.
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a “little excursion” lasting a matter of weeks.
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But Iran has found leverage through its own strikes in the critical Strait of Hormuz, where relatively few vessels carrying oil and liquefied natural gas are risking passage. Trump again declared Thursday that the “Strait of Hormuz is open,” saying 24 vessels passed through a day earlier. That’s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that passed through the vital waterway daily before the war began.
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ABC NewsBut Iran’s most consequential response came at sea when it shut down commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, turning the waterway into a household name almost overnight. The blockade choked one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and Iran dictated where the war’s frontline would be, rattling the global economy.
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Six Months In, Iran Appears Stronger and U.S. Goals Unclear Trump’s replacement of a military war with a heightened economic one is not expected to alter Iran’s strategy, while further impoverishing its people.
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RealClearPoliticsAs Trump's Iran War Enters Sixth Month, No Good Options
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01 ABC News Here's a look back at major developments over the past six months of war and what could come next.
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02 USA Today In the six months since, he called the war a "skirmish" and "little detour" that would be over "very soon" and was going "very fast."
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03 Associated Press The war isn’t over, though Trump claims that through bombs and blockade, he has already devastated Iran’s leadership, military and economy.
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