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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,838 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:52 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump to Address Nation Wednesday on Iran

Source: The Wall Street Journal.

LIVE 50 min ago

Trump to Address Nation Wednesday on Iran
By Meridith McGraw
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/meridith-mcgraw

President Trump plans to deliver a speech on Wednesday evening at 9 p.m. ET to give "an important update on Iran," according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Trump told reporters on Tuesday he believes the war will wrap up in two to three weeks as the U.S. continues to hit targets. Now in its fifth week, the conflict was initially forecasted to last four to six weeks, according to the Trump administration.

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Read more: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-news-updates/card/trump-to-address-to-nation-wednesday-on-iran-sLgC26xEXraeyza9nLRP



Hat tip, Ron Filipkowski

Seems appropriate to do this on April Fool’s Day.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-04-01T00:16:51.084Z


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Small problem: today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is Wednesday.

Leavitt: Trump to address the nation with Iran update
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810358-trump-iran-conflict-address/amp/

by Tara Suter 03/31/26 08:34 PM ET

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Trump will address the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday night.

"TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran," Leavitt said in a Wednesday evening post on the social platform X.

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Trump to Address Nation Wednesday on Iran (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago OP
And listen to that bastard lie his ass off? Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #1
April fool? shelshaw 8 hrs ago #2
Yep, he sure is! Talitha 8 hrs ago #12
"She said this Wednesday" (today is Tuesday) that "Trump will speak Thursday night?" hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #3
Yeah. I had that as my original source. Someone at HQ will catch that. NT mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago #4
Booooooooooooo.... mysteryowl 8 hrs ago #5
What else is on at that time? mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago #6
Well, if all go's well, we'll be a couple hours into the first humans to the moon mission on live on NASA TV Cheezoholic 7 hrs ago #15
Who is going to do what? Yawn. I have to wash my hair. littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #7
And Iran will just forget all the damage, right? bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #8
How quickly will he go off script? pfitz59 8 hrs ago #9
Say, Karoline: will he also address the nation about the Epstein files? slingsam 8 hrs ago #10
"I think the war is very complete, pretty much" progree 8 hrs ago #11
No thanks. llmart 8 hrs ago #13
On April Fools' Day. AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago #14
To announce it'll be over "in about two weeks". thought crime 7 hrs ago #16
Tomorrow is my birthday angrychair 6 hrs ago #17
Happy Birthday! SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #28
Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of my being in a relationship with msbetrayus. generalbetrayus 4 hrs ago #32
He didn't like Monday's djia or s&p. Better say something to push it back up. pat_k 6 hrs ago #18
You can't profit from it without the rubes. eggplant 6 hrs ago #22
Orange Sphincter says what ???? Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #19
Time to declare victory (again) and TACO. LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #20
TACO TACO MAN!!!!! BigmanPigman 6 hrs ago #21
Short notice so insiders better get their trades booked now!1111!1!!11!!1 PSPS 5 hrs ago #23
Does he know that is when most Jews will spend the evening at a seder? karynnj 5 hrs ago #24
Would he care even if he did know/had been told? RockRaven 5 hrs ago #27
Buy this bottle of elixer and it will cure everything that ails you. Buddyzbuddy 5 hrs ago #25
It'll be a lie-a-thon. greatauntoftriplets 5 hrs ago #26
which DUer will take it for the team Skittles 4 hrs ago #29
I'll try. I made through about 3/4 of the State of the Union address before giving up. generalbetrayus 4 hrs ago #31
not bad Skittles 2 hrs ago #33
My prediction: He will babble on (pun intended) about the Iran war for about five minutes generalbetrayus 4 hrs ago #30
Nuclear strike. People will dismiss it as a joke, but he's ready. usonian 2 hrs ago #34

hlthe2b

(113,947 posts)
3. "She said this Wednesday" (today is Tuesday) that "Trump will speak Thursday night?"
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 09:02 PM
8 hrs ago

I think Tara Suter has something confused

mysteryowl

(9,315 posts)
5. Booooooooooooo....
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 09:06 PM
8 hrs ago

all lies!!!

He has nothing to say I want to hear since it is all lies.

Actions is the truth.

Cheezoholic

(3,719 posts)
15. Well, if all go's well, we'll be a couple hours into the first humans to the moon mission on live on NASA TV
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:07 PM
7 hrs ago

Whether you think its a waste of money or not (1/4 of what he just handed to Venezuela), that's what I'll be watching. Big deal to me as I was there for Apollo 11!

slingsam

(423 posts)
10. Say, Karoline: will he also address the nation about the Epstein files?
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 09:22 PM
8 hrs ago

Could somebody ask?

After all he’s just going to lie his fat ass off. i just want it brought up……

angrychair

(12,278 posts)
17. Tomorrow is my birthday
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:44 PM
6 hrs ago

I have a feeling I'm about to find out this idiot is about to end the world on my birthday.

generalbetrayus

(1,857 posts)
32. Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of my being in a relationship with msbetrayus.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:38 AM
4 hrs ago

Hopefully Orange Julius Caesar doesn't ruin the day for either of us or you.

pat_k

(13,371 posts)
18. He didn't like Monday's djia or s&p. Better say something to push it back up.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:02 PM
6 hrs ago

Why when this boy calls "wolf" for the one thousandth time does the investor class keep responding as if something real just happened?

Jack Valentino

(5,011 posts)
19. Orange Sphincter says what ????
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:09 PM
6 hrs ago

I might watch it if I remember and am bored...

If I do I will be holding an empty shotgun....

The shotgun will be empty because I cannot afford to buy a new television---
and because the television is a little too close to my viewing position...!

karynnj

(60,965 posts)
24. Does he know that is when most Jews will spend the evening at a seder?
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:56 PM
5 hrs ago

Given this was an Israeli/US "excursion" that seems a strange choice.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,616 posts)
25. Buy this bottle of elixer and it will cure everything that ails you.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 12:02 AM
5 hrs ago

Trust me

Now you don't have to watch, tomorrow.

Skittles

(171,704 posts)
29. which DUer will take it for the team
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 12:53 AM
4 hrs ago

I cannot bring myself to listen to that POS under ANY circumstances

Skittles

(171,704 posts)
33. not bad
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:03 AM
2 hrs ago

go for it.......I truly appreciate the input from DUers, as opposed to our dismal "MSM"

generalbetrayus

(1,857 posts)
30. My prediction: He will babble on (pun intended) about the Iran war for about five minutes
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:29 AM
4 hrs ago

and then make a 90 minute presentation about his beautiful new ballroom and the proposed high-rise Trump lie-brary to built in Florida.

, but only sort of.

usonian

(25,300 posts)
34. Nuclear strike. People will dismiss it as a joke, but he's ready.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:24 AM
2 hrs ago

Missed your post because I block that foul name. Please misspell it.

Repost:

Trump's "OBLITERATION whisperers" might talk him into it.

What's rattling around his empty brain tonight?

Quick solution. No negative consequences. Rating points. Forget about Epstein.


Trump May See Nuking Iran as ‘Safer’ Option: Conservative Magazine Editor

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-may-see-nuking-iran-as-safer-option-conservative-magazine-editor-11764509

Andrew Day, senior editor at The American Conservative, a conservative publication, is raising alarms about what he sees as a dangerous calculus in the Trump administration's approach to the Iran war: that the president might view nuclear weapons as a more politically palatable option than a ground invasion.

In a series of posts on social media, Day argues that President Donald Trump could rationalize nuclear strikes on Iran as preferable to deploying American troops on the ground.

"Considering only 7% of Americans support a ground invasion, and since all the ground force operation options sound like suicide missions, Trump might even see nuclear weapons as the safer political option," Day posted on X.


I'm ready for the announcement.



Muricans delight in the destruction.


Hiroshima

I do expect tonight, so he can announce the fait-accompli on April 1.

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