5 Takeaways From Trump’s Address on Iran
President Trump did not define a clear path out of the conflict, which he estimated would end within three weeks.

President Trump could have done a better job assuaging the concerns of the American public on Iran.
President Trump did not define a clear path out of the conflict, which he estimated would end within three weeks.
During his address to the nation, President Donald Trump threatened to send Iran "back to the Stone Ages" and spoke about possibility for negotiations. NBC News’ Monica Alba recaps the highlights from Trump’s address.
President Donald Trump made a startling claim about the U.S.'s involvement in the war in Iran during his national address on Wednesday night. Trump's speech was the first address he's given since the war began about five weeks ago. Since then, the president has offered shifting rationales for conducting coordinated bombing strikes across Iran, which have…
The president also called on countries reliant on the Strait of Hormuz to 'build up the courage' to secure it.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday railed against President Trump’s primetime address on Iran, describing his remarks as “unhinged” and a reflection of his lack of planning prior to starting the war. “In a rambling, disjointed speech, an unhinged President failed to justify his disastrous decision to go to war with Iran. Donald…
Trump’s decision to launch the war, in conjunction with Israel, has come to look more and more risky.
THE SPEECH: President Donald Trump’s address to the nation at the one-month mark of the Iran war was not his trademark high-energy stemwinder. Instead, the 18-and-a-half-minute speech, largely read from a teleprompter, was a measured recitation of many of the talking points Trump made over the past weeks, including passages he read almost verbatim from…
President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday, saying the United States’ “core strategic objectives" in Iran are “nearing completion" — just a month after “Operation Epic Fury" began.