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5 min readDonald Trump called CBS News on Monday to declare the war with Iran "pretty much complete," a stunning reversal from his own administration's stated goal of regime change and from his defense secretary's claim just days earlier that the campaign was "only just the beginning." The call came after Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin, who released the first readout of the conversation and is now positioned as a key intermediary to end the conflict. Markets rallied on the news, oil prices dropped, and the S&P erased its losses—but the episode reveals a White House in disarray, with war aims shifting by the hour and no clear endgame.
Trump Declares Victory, Contradicting His Own Pentagon
The central development of the episode is Donald Trump's phone call with CBS's Weijia Jiang, in which he said the war with Iran is "pretty much complete." He claimed Iran has "no Navy, no communications, they've got no Air Force" and that the U.S. is "very far ahead" of its initial four-to-five-week timeline. This directly contradicts his own Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who told 60 Minutes on Friday that the campaign was "only just the beginning" and that it was "six days into this campaign." French President Macron also said he expects the war to last "a few more weeks."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:35) **Trump Declares Iran War "Pretty Much Complete"** - Trump calls CBS to announce the war is over, claiming Iran has no Navy, no communications, and no Air Force, and that the US is far ahead of schedule.
- 2 (03:46) **Market Manipulation and Surrender Analysis** - The hosts argue Trump's call was a market manipulation tactic as stocks were crashing, and that he is effectively surrendering without achieving stated goals.
- 3 (05:15) **Trump's Call with Putin Before Iran Announcement** - Trump spoke with Putin before declaring victory, and the Kremlin released the first readout of the call.
- 4 (06:45) **Contradictory War Aims: Hegseth vs. Trump** - Defense Secretary Hegseth told 60 Minutes the war is "just the beginning," directly contradicting Trump's "pretty much complete" claim.
- 5 (08:22) **US Loses 11 MQ-9 Reaper Drones; Israel Seeks Exit** - CBS reports the US has lost 11 MQ-9 Reaper drones in the conflict, while Israeli officials are growing concerned and discussing exit ramps.
- 6 (09:49) **Pentagon Contradicts Trump; Trump Threatens New Supreme Leader** - The Department of Defense posts "We have only just begun to fight" after Trump's "mission largely complete" claim.
- 7 (10:46) **Trump Calls War a "Short-Term Excursion" at Doral Retreat** - Speaking at a Republican retreat at his Doral resort, Trump downplays the conflict as a "short-term excursion."
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump preparing his surrender to Iran after speaking with Putin after not achieving any of the objectives he claimed he wanted and after the markets were crashing. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more!
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