'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, Trumps 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 Trumps 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 Israels war against Iran on February 28, when Trumps 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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Lovie777
(23,543 posts)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.
Vinca
(54,270 posts)Walleye
(45,312 posts)Turbineguy
(40,183 posts)dem4decades
(14,308 posts)TheRickles
(3,493 posts)kerouac2
(1,514 posts)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
(45,312 posts)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
BumRushDaShow
(171,719 posts)I like graphs!
thesquanderer
(13,083 posts)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
Two diametrically opposed positions, and neither one is the truth.
lonely bird
(3,008 posts)That Iran has been attacking us or killing Americans for 40+ years?
enigmania
(507 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,643 posts)I wish they would make up their mind.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,504 posts)in terms of necessity.
Prairie Gates
(8,430 posts)Good Lord.
PatSeg
(53,409 posts)Even HE isn't that stupid.
Bayard
(30,139 posts)Give him a medal.
turbinetree
(27,719 posts)Martin68
(28,026 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(1,068 posts)[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?
Pinback
(13,636 posts)NNadir
(38,435 posts)Botany
(77,754 posts)It has been going on for 9 weeks and 2 days. > 50% longer than 6 weeks that Donny just claimed
yesterday.
Justice matters.
(10,013 posts)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
(2,535 posts)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)............
Whip-poor-will
(451 posts)Six what days weeks months years what ?
xuplate
(220 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,229 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,505 posts)Its how badly he lost it.
IronLionZion
(51,513 posts)maxsolomon
(39,084 posts)Over a 1,000 Iranians are dead, including schoolchildren. What happened to the Iranian naval vessel off Sri Lanka was a War Crime.
lakercub
(671 posts)this one is also a stupid waste of human life, money, and time.