'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
(24,087 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
(54,472 posts)Walleye
(45,688 posts)Turbineguy
(40,255 posts)dem4decades
(14,529 posts)TheRickles
(3,553 posts)kerouac2
(1,520 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
(45,688 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
(172,848 posts)I like graphs!
thesquanderer
(13,144 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
(3,083 posts)That Iran has been attacking us or killing Americans for 40+ years?
enigmania
(507 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,861 posts)I wish they would make up their mind.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,723 posts)in terms of necessity.
Prairie Gates
(8,554 posts)Good Lord.
PatSeg
(53,813 posts)Even HE isn't that stupid.
Bayard
(30,505 posts)Give him a medal.
turbinetree
(27,776 posts)Martin68
(28,149 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(1,101 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
(13,683 posts)NNadir
(38,718 posts)Botany
(78,045 posts)It has been going on for 9 weeks and 2 days. > 50% longer than 6 weeks that Donny just claimed
yesterday.
Justice matters.
(10,160 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
(2,730 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
(561 posts)Six what days weeks months years what ?
xuplate
(243 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,577 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,590 posts)Its how badly he lost it.
IronLionZion
(51,630 posts)maxsolomon
(39,265 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.