Both Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have drawn the same line: the US-Israel war on Iran will end in weeks, not years. As the conflict entered its fourth day with strikes continuing across Iran and retaliatory attacks hitting Gulf states hosting US military bases, the two leaders moved in rare lockstep to temper expectations of a prolonged campaign — while leaving room for escalation if required.
Trump said the assault was always conceived as a finite operation. 'Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that,' he said, shortly after the Pentagon confirmed a fourth US military member had been killed. He added: 'It's always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so... it's a big country, it'll take four weeks — or less.'
