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Trump’s ‘two weeks’ schtick is sporting skinny as drumbeat to warfare picks up

Editorial Board Published June 20, 2025
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It’s no secret that the Trump administration runs on vibes. The vibes are rancid, however they’re vibes nonetheless. There’s no actual technique at work; only a bunch of vile individuals spouting off. That’s horrible in the very best of instances, however as we hurtle towards one other pointless and silly warfare within the Center East, the administration’s incapability to get its story straight is ridiculous—and alarming.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump stated that he’ll resolve inside two weeks whether or not to assault Iran. Why two weeks? Vibes, child! It’s his favourite arbitrary time interval. He’s used it so usually that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was capable of put collectively a 12-clip reel of Trump invoking that magical two-week span, however not delivering, together with his 2020 promise to announce a well being care plan. Then there have been the 2 weeks he was going to take to resolve how keen dictator Vladimir Putin was to finish Russia’s warfare with Ukraine. Really, the Ukraine-Russia battle has spawned a number of two-week timelines which might be proffered and discarded randomly. 

Everybody is aware of Trump just isn’t going to spend two weeks interested by this. He’s most likely not even going to spend two hours. It’s only a reflexive assertion he makes in order that it appears like he’s doing his job. Usually, you possibly can simply ignore it as meaningless and never even hassle to verify again in 14 days, as he’ll lengthy have forgotten. 

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However on the subject of Iran, Trump’s low-key, wait-and-see two-week timeline sounds very totally different than White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s two weeks. 

“Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon,” Leavitt claimed throughout a press briefing. “All they need is a decision from the supreme leader to do that.” After which? “It would take a couple of weeks to complete the production of that weapon, which would, of course, pose an existential threat not just to Israel but to the United States and to the entire world.”

Leavitt additionally provided a quote “directly from the president” and, to be truthful, it does sound like him.

“Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” Trump stated. So, there’s a substantial likelihood of negotiations, but additionally a considerable likelihood there is not going to be negotiations??

If Iran is 2 weeks out from an precise factual nuclear weapon that threatens your entire world, it appears a bit odd for Trump to slow-walk a call about what to do. Nonetheless, the media is pretending that this time round, the 2 weeks are completely actual and a really savvy transfer. The Washington Submit stated Trump now “sees more time for diplomacy” and was “dial[ing] back war talk.” Maybe Leavitt didn’t get the message about the entire “dialing back” factor. 

The New York Occasions framed the magical two weeks as Trump shopping for himself time and opening up some new choices whereas concurrently working a bit about how two weeks is Trump’s favourite time interval, and it could actually imply “something, or nothing at all.” That’s some hard-hitting evaluation. 

Leavitt can stoke the fears of a planet-wide existential risk all she desires, however U.S. intelligence companies don’t suppose Iran may have a nuclear weapon in two weeks. Reasonably, their evaluation is that it will take a number of months to a 12 months. That’s obtained Nationwide Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard twisting herself in knots since that’s precisely what she stated to Congress in March. However after Trump instructed reporters, “I don’t care what she said,” Gabbard needed to blame the media and demand she and Trump are saying the identical factor. 

The administration has no regard for info or consistency, however that doesn’t imply we have now to fake this battle is being approached in any rational, fact-based manner. Trump will do what he desires and manufacture the justification he wants … or possibly he’ll simply preserve kicking the can two weeks down the highway. 

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