Frantic Trump Makes Deluded War Claim After Call With Putin

Source: The Daily Beast

Frantic Trump Makes Deluded War Claim After Call With Putin

David Gardner
Mon, March 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT
2 min read

Donald Trump claimed that the Iran War was “very complete” after reportedly discussing his plans for peace with Vladimir Putin.

According to a Kremlin aide, the Russian leader spoke to Trump about “his proposals aimed at a quick settlement to the Iran War.”

In another call on Monday, this time with Weijia Jiang, senior White House correspondent for CBS News, Trump, 79, claimed: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force.”

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The claim is reminiscent of President George W. Bush’s boast of “mission accomplished” on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, six weeks after he launched the Iraq War. The conflict lasted another eight years before the U.S. finally withdrew in 2011.

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