A War that has Already Ended Seven Times, “Will Certainly” End in a Few Weeks

It seems that one of the main U.S. objectives now is opening the Strait of Hormuz, something that was open prior to
Trump starting this war. The objectives have only expanded and the war has only created new issues. https://t.co/sVDQW7QWFT

— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) March 15, 2026

Leavitt: Trump attacked Iran because they threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz. So he attacked them… and now the Strait is shut

This is the logic of a toddler who breaks a toy and then blames the toy for being broken pic.twitter.com/SQ7c7amGZI

— Ounka (@OunkaOnX) March 15, 2026

This is so bizarrely funny. Yes…the Strait of Hormuz is right near the Iranian shoreline. We launched a war without even warning our allies in the region and now it’s closed. Trump was told this would
happen and it did. The desperate spinning to blame anyone other than Trump… https://t.co/pXDlQWy0An

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) March 15, 2026

Conflict with Iran could end within weeks — US Energy Secretary

Chris Wright said on ABC News that the war with Iran will “definitely end within the next few weeks, possibly even sooner.”

According to him, once the conflict ends, oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and… pic.twitter.com/StxWicMNlC

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 15, 2026

FOX NEWS: If this disruption lasts for months, can the US economy absorb the shock without a recession?

HASSETT: First of all, it's not going to last for months. President Trump's team has briefed us that it's going to be 4 to 6 weeks beginning 2 weeks ago, and that we're ahead… pic.twitter.com/7gn6tB7RDH

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 15, 2026

Wrong @reallouiehuey

They started a tariff war and lost. They started a real war they have no idea how to end, drove up inflation, caused huge farm stress, depleted weapons, are fighting Israel's battle, and broke nearly every promise except closing the border.

Quite the list! https://t.co/JAlq5x5UkY

— Mike "Mish" Shedlock (@MishGEA) March 15, 2026

The peak of the looniness was when Attorney General Pam Bondi, testifying before Congress about the Epstein affair, did the ultimate pivot by bizarrely blurting, out of the blue, “the Dow is over 50,000 right now… that's what we should be talking about! ”

If ever there was a…

— Herb Greenberg (@herbgreenberg) March 15, 2026

The peak of the looniness was when Attorney General Pam Bondi, testifying before Congress about the Epstein affair, did the ultimate pivot by bizarrely blurting, out of the blue, “the Dow is over 50,000 right now… that's what we should be talking about! ”

If ever there was a…

— Herb Greenberg (@herbgreenberg) March 15, 2026

When asked if the Pentagon needs to ask Congress for additional funding for the war with Iran, Trump’s top economic advisor Kevin Hassett says “right now, we’ve got what we need.”

“This is something that we've got the weapons that we've already got in place to do this, and so,… pic.twitter.com/7SWCaRVC7j

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 15, 2026

The element of surprise was so surprising that we were surprised by the Iranian surprise response.

Surprise, Surprise, Surprisehttps://t.co/nK3ED0l66R https://t.co/Ujr9XBw79s

— Mike "Mish" Shedlock (@MishGEA) March 15, 2026

TAPPER: “Every reporter that I know wants the United States to succeed in every way, and the way that reporters help that happen is by asking questions of people in power and not blindly cheering on leaders who take the nation to war.” pic.twitter.com/KtfZYSnBJU

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) March 15, 2026