Trump downplays duration of Iran war, predicts swift victory

President Donald Trump downplayed the length of the ongoing war with Iran at a campaign event on April 16, comparing the conflict to more drawn-out US conflicts, CNN reports.

“It’s been two months, I mean two months. You’ve been in other wars for 18 years, four years,” Trump said. “And you know what? We’re going to have victory very shortly.”

Trump also celebrated the economy under his leadership, even as gas prices in Las Vegas, where he spoke tonight, are around $5.00 per gallon.

“We had the best economy in the history of our country my first term. And we’re blowing it out now — we’re blowing it away now,” Trump said. “Despite our little diversion to the lovely country Iran, lovely place, and we had to do that because otherwise, bad things could happen.”

Trump also called rising inflation “fake,” due to fuel prices, which he has suggested will return to pre-war levels.

“Don’t forget, we’re having some fake inflation because of the fuel, the energy prices,” Trump said.