A reporter pressed President Trump this week, suggesting the Iran conflict was a “𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥” and asking why he “𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥” it.

Trump didn’t hedge. - M.A. Rothman

“𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯.”...

Trump added that 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 than when he took office, and that Iran’s military has been gutted: 

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 159 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢.”

𝐍𝐨 𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐧𝐨’𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝.’