Trump Tells ABC ‘Days, Not Weeks’ on Timeline for Iran

April 5, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC

“It should be wrapped up in days because no sane group of people could stand the punishment that’s going to rain down on them if it’s not,” President Donald Trump says when asked if his two- to three-week timeline for the Iran war still holds, according to ABC News.

  • ABC reporter Rachel Scott cites her conversation with Trump in an X post
  • “It should be days, not weeks,” Trump tells ABC
    • If it happens, it happens, Trump tells ABC on the potential for a deal with Iran. “And if it doesn’t, we’re blowing up the whole country,”
  • Trump tells ABC ...





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