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BumRushDaShow

(171,680 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 07:44 AM 7 hrs ago

'Wow!' Trump Posts Chart Boasting That His War Against Iran Has So Far Been Shorter Than WWII, Vietnam

Source: MEDIAite

May 7th, 2026, 6:31 am


President Donald Trump posted a graphic on Truth Social on Wednesday, boasting that his ongoing conflict with Iran had so far been shorter than World War II, the Vietnam War, the Civil War, and the War of 1812. “Wow. Study this Chart! President DJT,” wrote Trump.

In the attached “Length of Wars” chart, Trump’s “Iran Excursion” was listed at the bottom at just six weeks, even though the conflict has actually been going on for more than nine weeks. Above Trump’s conflict with Iran on the chart was the War of 1812 at 139 weeks, the Korean War at 161 weeks, World War II at 196 weeks, the Civil War at 209 weeks, the Vietnam War at 439 weeks, the Iraq War at 457 weeks, and the Afghanistan War at 543 weeks.

The United States joined Israel’s war against Iran on February 28, when Trump’s Operation Epic Fury began with airstrikes on the country. That same day, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was assassinated.

While the Trump administration announced on April 7 that it had secured a ceasefire with Iran, hostilities have continued since then over the Strait of Hormuz, which continues to be blocked by Iran.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/wow-trump-posts-chart-boasting-that-his-war-against-iran-has-so-far-been-shorter-than-wwii-vietnam/




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'Wow!' Trump Posts Chart Boasting That His War Against Iran Has So Far Been Shorter Than WWII, Vietnam (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
shithole's lackeys are up with him doing his bidding's.................. Lovie777 7 hrs ago #1
That's "excursion" to you. I want to see the "excursion" chart. Vinca 7 hrs ago #2
I think he meant incursion, but he said excursion so he can't back off of course. What a moron. Walleye 7 hrs ago #6
More expensive. Turbineguy 7 hrs ago #3
Wars and Incursion chart. Did they do an apples and oranges chart too? dem4decades 7 hrs ago #4
So they're renaming the Pentagon again. Now it's the Department of Incursions? TheRickles 2 hrs ago #22
Graphs are fun... Here he is winning the spending competiton kerouac2 7 hrs ago #5
Kegsbreath called our defense spending "investment" Walleye 7 hrs ago #8
Need to get you and progree together BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #9
Same administration also claims the Iran war has been going on for 10 months thesquanderer 7 hrs ago #7
And wasn't part of the rationale lonely bird 6 hrs ago #11
The stupid burns like a thousand suns. enigmania 6 hrs ago #10
I thought they said this war has been going on since 1979 when Iranians took the hostages. Ray Bruns 6 hrs ago #12
A lot longer than the Bay of Pigs, though, which seems the more comparable "excursion" muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #13
It's wild that Trump has cathected on this moronic argument Prairie Gates 6 hrs ago #14
He has lost his mind PatSeg 5 hrs ago #15
trump's number one! trump's number one! Bayard 5 hrs ago #16
The entire country is subjected to the Ludovico Technique .................by a narcissistic psychopaths........ turbinetree 5 hrs ago #17
It's so stupid it would be funny if it weren't damaging and killing so many people all over the world. Martin68 4 hrs ago #18
And the world-ending nuclear war will last about 30 minutes.... Ol Janx Spirit 4 hrs ago #19
Also shorter than the Hundred Years War. (nt) Pinback 3 hrs ago #20
Yes, but doesn't the idiot know those wars are over? NNadir 2 hrs ago #21
Trump's Iran war has been going on longer than 6 weeks he has just claimed. Botany 2 hrs ago #23
Oh, my... the unequal capitalist empire is falling fast. Justice matters. 1 hr ago #24
LOL popsdenver 1 hr ago #25
Six Whip-poor-will 1 hr ago #26
Not as short as his temper. xuplate 24 min ago #27
or his thang twodogsbarking 11 min ago #28
It's not the length of his war C_U_L8R 7 min ago #29

Lovie777

(23,519 posts)
1. shithole's lackeys are up with him doing his bidding's..................
Thu May 7, 2026, 07:56 AM
7 hrs ago

anywho, this is a slap in the face to our fallen, injured and disabled soldiers and veterans.

Fuck this "me me me me me" asshole.

Walleye

(45,307 posts)
6. I think he meant incursion, but he said excursion so he can't back off of course. What a moron.
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:20 AM
7 hrs ago

kerouac2

(1,514 posts)
5. Graphs are fun... Here he is winning the spending competiton
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:17 AM
7 hrs ago

Total spend plus daily spend as of now...



Comparison including 1 year projection for iran...



These are for fun, don't flame me for not using adjusted dollars

Walleye

(45,307 posts)
8. Kegsbreath called our defense spending "investment"
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:24 AM
7 hrs ago

But any money to help the American people such as healthcare or food assistance, it is always referred to as “spending“ and we know how big tough important daddies hates spending

thesquanderer

(13,083 posts)
7. Same administration also claims the Iran war has been going on for 10 months
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:22 AM
7 hrs ago

As I mentioned elsewhere, in order to get around the fact that there was no legal justification for the war, they're telling e.g. the U.N. that the war started much earlier than Feb 28, that it's not a "new" war at all but rather a continuation of the operation that began in June of 2025. So not only has it been more than "6 weeks," the Trump administration argues here that it's been at least 10 months.

From the Conclusion section at
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-legal-adviser/2026/04/operation-epic-fury-and-international-law

The operations recommenced in late February were part of an armed conflict with Iran that has been ongoing for years and, at the very least, since June 2025. Under well-established rules of international law, it is reasonable to conclude that this conflict did not end in the interim. And in an ongoing conflict, it is not necessary as a matter of international law to reassess whether an armed attack is imminent prior to every subsequent action taken against an adversary.


Two diametrically opposed positions, and neither one is the truth.

lonely bird

(3,007 posts)
11. And wasn't part of the rationale
Thu May 7, 2026, 09:33 AM
6 hrs ago

That Iran has been attacking us or killing Americans for 40+ years?

Ray Bruns

(6,641 posts)
12. I thought they said this war has been going on since 1979 when Iranians took the hostages.
Thu May 7, 2026, 09:34 AM
6 hrs ago

I wish they would make up their mind.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,502 posts)
13. A lot longer than the Bay of Pigs, though, which seems the more comparable "excursion"
Thu May 7, 2026, 09:37 AM
6 hrs ago

in terms of necessity.

turbinetree

(27,706 posts)
17. The entire country is subjected to the Ludovico Technique .................by a narcissistic psychopaths........
Thu May 7, 2026, 10:10 AM
5 hrs ago

Martin68

(28,021 posts)
18. It's so stupid it would be funny if it weren't damaging and killing so many people all over the world.
Thu May 7, 2026, 10:46 AM
4 hrs ago

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,067 posts)
19. And the world-ending nuclear war will last about 30 minutes....
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:22 AM
4 hrs ago

[REDACTED] continually makes the meaningless into the molehill we will die on. (I'm not saying the lives of our soldiers are meaningless--only that the relative length of a conflict is....)

I wonder what the graph of mentions in the Epstein files looks like? Why hasn't he posted that one to brag about it?

Botany

(77,746 posts)
23. Trump's Iran war has been going on longer than 6 weeks he has just claimed.
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:35 PM
2 hrs ago

It has been going on for 9 weeks and 2 days. > 50% longer than 6 weeks that Donny just claimed
yesterday.

Justice matters.

(10,008 posts)
24. Oh, my... the unequal capitalist empire is falling fast.
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:44 PM
1 hr ago

Children lives mean nothing to these hollier-than-thou a-holes.

School kids blown up in fumes, napalm first and effing tom-a-hawks next.

popsdenver

(2,531 posts)
25. LOL
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:01 PM
1 hr ago

I distinctly recall Rumsfeld saying that his IRAQ war was going to last THREE DAYS, and only cost three Billion, which IRAQ would pay us back in oil almost immediately........(The latest running total of the costs of our cost of the IRAQ war, just passed TWO TRILLION, and still counting)............

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