Trump pulls out ‘big rhetorical guns’ to try to make his case for the war with Iran
NBC News·2026-04-02 21:16
QUESTIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS TODAY. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE HIS FIRST PRIMETIME ADDRESS SINCE THE START OF THE WAR WITH IRAN, BUT DELIVERED VERY FEW DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE WAR COULD WIND DOWN IN A ROUGHLY 20 MINUTE LONG SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT PRAISED U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS, SAYING IRAN HAS BEEN EVISCERATED AND IS ESSENTIALLY NO LONGER A THREAT. THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO SAY THE WAR, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS FIFTH WEEK, WILL END SHORTLY, WHILE ALSO SAYING THE WAR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE MILITARY OBJECTIVES WERE F ...