JD Vance Asked: What Is Your Message To American People About Why The War Hasn't Ended Yet?

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Okay.

[00:00:01]>> Have uh >> John, >> I'm gonna call on John. I'm just gonna start calling John Rash.

[00:00:08]>> John of the Daily Mail.

[00:00:09]>> Yes.

[00:00:10]>> Great. Great to see you.

[00:00:11]>> Great to see you, too. Thank you.

[00:00:12]>> Um so, Trump initially said that the war would last 6 weeks. We are now, it's been going on for 11 weeks and 3 days.

[00:00:18]What's your uh message to the American people as to why it's gone on so long and it hasn't ended yet?

[00:00:23]>> Well, first of all, the president said it's going to be a short-term operation and I think that has proven out to be true. The active period of conflict lasted about five five and a half weeks.

[00:00:32]And now we've been in the ceasefire where we're trying to get a negotiated settlement that gets the American people the things that we need for our national security. So I've said before that we're going to go one of two options here.

[00:00:42]We're going to have a good settlement that actually gets the American people what they need or we're going to go back to a kinetic operation. Obviously the president prefers to get that settlement. I think the Iranians prefer to get that settlement. But regardless of what direction the president ultimately goes down, whatever he ultimately decides, I think it's important for the American people to know two things. Number one, it will be for their security and their prosperity.

[00:01:04]That's why we're doing this. And number two, it will not this is not going to be the sort of thing that lasts forever. I think a lot of Americans, especially in my generation, who are worried about forever endless conflicts. We have to remember, I think you said 11 weeks, a big chunk of that has been a ceasefire.

[00:01:21]This is not a forever war. We're going to take care of business and come home.

[00:01:24]That's what the president's promised and that's exactly what he's going to deliver.