Trump says Democrats, news media rooting against U.S. as war talks with Iran play out

President Trump on Monday accused Democrats and the media of attempting to sabotage the United States’ “very strong” negotiating position against Iran by saying he is under pressure to quickly make a deal.

“The Democrats are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong position we are in with respect to Iran,” Mr. Trump said on social media.

He noted that World War I lasted 4 years, 3 months, and 14 days, World War II lasted 6 years and 1 day, the Korean War lasted 3 years, 1 month, and 2 days, the Vietnam War lasted 19 years, 5 months, and 29 days and the conflict with Iraq lasted 8 years, 8 months and 28 days.

“They like to say that I promised 6 weeks to defeat Iran, and actually, from the military standpoint, it was far faster than that, but I’m not going to let them rush the United States into making a Deal that is not as good as it could have been,” he said.

“I read the Fake News saying that I am under ‘pressure’ to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly!”

“Time is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other Presidents let happen because they didn’t have the Courage or Foresight to do what had to be done with respect to Iran.”

Mr. Trump said that the U.S. is now “in it and it will be done right.”

Describing the Democrats as “weak and pathetic,” and writing in all caps, “traitors,” he said they have been only talking about the dangers of Iran and that something must be done, but since he is the one taking action, the Democrats are belittling the accomplishments of the military and his administration.

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Democrats have criticized the operation in Iran, calling it a “war of choice” that resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and upended the global oil economy.

Mr. Trump said the war and the negotiations are being “perfectly executed, on the scale of Venezuela, just a bigger, more complex operation. The result will be the same.”

Mr. Trump, in a subsequent post on Truth Social, said the U.S. is “winning a War, BY A LOT, things are going very well, our Military has been amazing and, if you read the Fake News, like The Failing New York Times, the absolutely horrendous and disgusting Wall Street Journal, or the now almost defunct, fortunately, Washington Post, you would actually think we are losing the War.”

He added, “The enemy is confused, because they get these same Media ‘reports,’ and yet they realize their Navy has been completely wiped out, their Air Force has gone onto darker runways, they have no Anti Missile or Anti Airplane Equipment, their former leaders are mostly gone.”

“(This has been, in addition to everything else, Regime Change!), and perhaps, most important of all, THE BLOCKADE, which we will not take off until there is a “DEAL,” is absolutely destroying Iran,” he said. “They are losing $500 Million a day, an unsustainable number, even in the short run.”

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• Kerry Picket can be reached at kpicket@washingtontimes.com.