GOP Sen. Johnson says Iran will be 'a long term project' after talks fail

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Source: ABC News

April 12, 2026, 10:21 AM


Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday he was not surprised that peace talks between the U.S. and Iran stalled over the weekend, and that securing U.S. goals in Iran could be a "long-term project."

"I'm not surprised at all," Johnson told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "The ayatollahs, even though they have been so degraded in terms of their capabilities, nobody thought this would be easy. They've been preparing for this for 47 years."

Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad ended over the weekend after Vice President JD Vance said Iran would not agree not to seek a nuclear weapon, a key sticking point for President Donald Trump and his administration.

But just before the peace efforts failed, Trump told reporters that he did not care if the U.S. made a deal with Iran, saying that the U.S. would win either way. But as the fate of the war remained uncertain Sunday, Johnson said that the job was not finished in Iran.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/gop-sen-johnson-iran-long-term-project-after/story?id=131967290

[Irish_Dem]

1. Why isn't the USA a long term project?

Education, healthcare, science.

Why is another country the place our time, energy, resources are going?

[wolfie001]

7. billionaires and millionaires don't want to pay a single penny extra in taxes

That's a big problem. Never mind what the bible says.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yep. They refuse to pay for the services they themselves use.

So make us pay their upkeep.
And they refuse to share their vast wealth made by cheating us with
inferior goods and services.

[wolfie001]

10. Hear, Hear!

[thought crime]

19. What? America first? Really?

When would that happen? Who would even think of that?

[Irish_Dem]

21. We are a project. The trump wrecking ball across the entire US.

[Lovie777]

2. Ugh.....

[sakabatou]

3. He means it's going to be a drawn-out war, possibly lasting a decade or more

Just like Iraq/Afghanistan.

[piddyprints]

4. Who didn't know this?

Every president before this orange fucker knew better exactly because it would be “a long term project.”

Hey, I know, how about not tearing up the Obama agreement just because he’s more of a man and happens to be black? What a bunch of maroons in charge now.

[Midnight Writer]

5. "Nobody thought this would be easy"? Au Contraire, Senator. The stable genius figured it to be a cakewalk.

He could feel it in his gut.

[Javaman]

6. "Long term" at this stage of the game means

8 more months or until tiny Johnson is voted out as repuke speaker by his own party

[maxsolomon]

16. This is the other Johnson, the Senator from Wisconsin.

One of the dimmest bulbs in the Senate. The shame of Wisconsin's voters.

His term isn't up in 2026.

[Javaman]

18. I mean generally. yeah the other johnson is a halfwit. nt

[ananda]

9. LOL. A long term lesson in how to fail at war...

while succeeding at destroying your own country.

[Sneederbunk]

11. You mean it's not just a liittle excursion?

[Buddyzbuddy]

12. Way to lower the public's expectations after the President claimed all of this winning.

Hey MAGA, are you ready for some more "winning?"

[Aussie105]

13. A long term . . . something.

A project usually has a goal and defined outcome.
And a competent team aware of the goals and the end point.

This ain't no project!

[Grins]

14. "... nobody thought this would be easy." Really? Really? No one?

Without a second's hesitation I can think of one, RoJo!

Dear Wisconsin:

RoJo is a buffoon. He can't think or remember squat. Stop electing him.

[Mz Pip]

15. Project?

It’s not like renovating a house fercrissake.

[Rebl2]

17. Not going

to make maga happy. Or me for that matter.

[republianmushroom]

20. And even longer after China broke the blockade.