Trump: U.S.–Israeli war with Iran ‘pretty much complete’

In a phone call this afternoon with CBS News’ @weijia, President Trump said that he believes the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is “very complete, pretty much.” The president also said he has “no message” for Iran’s new supreme leader.@weijia reports on Trump’s latest thinking: pic.twitter.com/d5d0iO9Nkd

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 9, 2026

In a phone call this afternoon with CBS News’
@weijia
, President Trump said that he believes the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is “very complete, pretty much.” The president also said he has “no message” for Iran’s new supreme leader.

@weijia
reports on Trump’s latest thinking:

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just said Iran is going to end up only a “SHORT-TERM EXCURSION” after saying it is almost complete

“Short-term! SHORT-TERM!”

“We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil. You’ll see, it’s gonna be a… pic.twitter.com/DGEHZHslHI

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 9, 2026

President Trump just said Iran is going to end up only a “SHORT-TERM EXCURSION” after saying it is almost complete

“Short-term! SHORT-TERM!”

“We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil. You’ll see, it’s gonna be a short-term excursion. How GOOD is our military?!”