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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:52 PM 11 hrs ago

Trump to Address Nation Wednesday on Iran [View all]

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 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago OP
And listen to that bastard lie his ass off? Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #1
April fool? shelshaw 11 hrs ago #2
Yep, he sure is! Talitha 10 hrs ago #12
"She said this Wednesday" (today is Tuesday) that "Trump will speak Thursday night?" hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #3
Yeah. I had that as my original source. Someone at HQ will catch that. NT mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago #4
Booooooooooooo.... mysteryowl 11 hrs ago #5
What else is on at that time? mahatmakanejeeves 11 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 10 hrs ago #15
Who is going to do what? Yawn. I have to wash my hair. littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #7
And Iran will just forget all the damage, right? bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #8
How quickly will he go off script? pfitz59 10 hrs ago #9
Say, Karoline: will he also address the nation about the Epstein files? slingsam 10 hrs ago #10
"I think the war is very complete, pretty much" progree 10 hrs ago #11
No thanks. llmart 10 hrs ago #13
On April Fools' Day. AverageOldGuy 10 hrs ago #14
To announce it'll be over "in about two weeks". thought crime 9 hrs ago #16
Tomorrow is my birthday angrychair 9 hrs ago #17
Happy Birthday! SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #28
Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of my being in a relationship with msbetrayus. generalbetrayus 6 hrs ago #32
He didn't like Monday's djia or s&p. Better say something to push it back up. pat_k 9 hrs ago #18
You can't profit from it without the rubes. eggplant 8 hrs ago #22
Orange Sphincter says what ???? Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #19
Time to declare victory (again) and TACO. LudwigPastorius 8 hrs ago #20
TACO TACO MAN!!!!! BigmanPigman 8 hrs ago #21
Short notice so insiders better get their trades booked now!1111!1!!11!!1 PSPS 8 hrs ago #23
Does he know that is when most Jews will spend the evening at a seder? karynnj 8 hrs ago #24
Would he care even if he did know/had been told? RockRaven 8 hrs ago #27
Buy this bottle of elixer and it will cure everything that ails you. Buddyzbuddy 8 hrs ago #25
It'll be a lie-a-thon. greatauntoftriplets 8 hrs ago #26
which DUer will take it for the team Skittles 7 hrs ago #29
I'll try. I made through about 3/4 of the State of the Union address before giving up. generalbetrayus 6 hrs ago #31
not bad Skittles 5 hrs ago #33
My prediction: He will babble on (pun intended) about the Iran war for about five minutes generalbetrayus 6 hrs ago #30
Nuclear strike. People will dismiss it as a joke, but he's ready. usonian 4 hrs ago #34
YAWN! Aussie105 2 hrs ago #35
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