President Trump Addresses Nation on Epic Fury

The line of the night: “We are going to finish the job. Very fast. We are getting very close.” New York Times: In a 19-minute address from the White House, President Trump described the U.S.-Israeli war as a major success. He offered no timeline for ending the war, but said the U.S. would hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.” Mr. Trump repeated his threats to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure if it did not reach a “deal,” adding that the United States would return Iran to “the Stone Ages, where they belong.” The president said “discussions are ongoing” to end the war, but Iran has said no direct talks have occurred. Mr. Trump’s own intelligence agencies have assessed that the Iranians are unwilling to engage for now. (NYT)

President Trump Delivers an Address to the Nation, Apr. 1, 2026 https://t.co/QgofMPWtzW

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New York Times: In a 19-minute address from the White House, President Trump described the U.S.-Israeli war as a major success. He offered no timeline for ending the war, but said the U.S. would hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.” Mr. Trump repeated his threats to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure if it did not reach a “deal,” adding that the United States would return Iran to “the Stone Ages, where they belong.” The president said “discussions are ongoing” to end the war, but Iran has said no direct talks have occurred. Mr. Trump’s own intelligence agencies have assessed that the Iranians are unwilling to engage for now.

Full Speech: (White House)

BREAKING: President Trump confirms that 45,000 Iranians were slaughtered by the Iranian regime in January.

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 2, 2026

Trump’s forthright leadership will finish the job in Iran

By Post Editorial Board, April 1, 2026, 11:23 p.m. ET

In under 20 minutes Wednesday night, President Donald Trump laid out the basics of what Operation Epic Fury is about, why it was necessary, how it’s going and what to expect going ahead.

Not least, he set out the massive achievements of the first month of operations, noted that he expected two to three more weeks of it — and offered a clear perspective on the length of the conflict.

Even the US role in World War One ran past a year; WW II, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq all went on far longer; here, we’ve left the enemy unable to conduct any offensive operations and achieved at last some “regime change” within bare weeks.

The economic disruptions will end soon, a tiny price to pay for “a true investment in your children’s and your grandchildren’s future.”

He showed a clear resolve to finish the job and gave a definitive account of the need to do it; Americans can’t ask for more forthright leadership.