{"id":2596781,"date":"2026-04-29T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-i-dont-know-if-iran-war-will-end-before-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:33:57","slug":"trump-i-dont-know-if-iran-war-will-end-before-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-i-dont-know-if-iran-war-will-end-before-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: &#8216;I don&#8217;t know&#8217; if Iran war will end before Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-i-dont-know-if-iran-war-will-end-before-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trump, during an Oval Office event with Artemis II astronauts, did not say whether the war in Iran will end before the war in Ukraine. When asked which conflict would end first, he suggested they could be on a similar timeline, while repeating claims that Iran has already been \u201cmilitarily defeated\u201d and that its economy is collapsing despite a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>he added that Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin offered involvement in addressing Iran\u2019s enriched uranium, but Trump said he preferred putin focus on ending the war in Ukraine. Earlier,trump confirmed he had spoken with Putin and said they discussed several topics,mainly Ukraine,with the expectation of reaching a solution \u201crelatively quickly.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4546389\/trump-sides-with-rand-paul-white-house-ballroom-bill\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> didn\u2019t directly answer Wednesday when asked whether the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4545608\/trump-iran-state-of-collapse\/\">Iran<\/a> will conclude before the war in Ukraine comes to a close.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-empathizes-with-bill-clinton-and-others-innocently-shown-in-epstein-files\/\" title=\"... empathizes with Bill Clinton and others &#039;innocently&#039; shown in Epstein files\">president fielded questions<\/a> from reporters on the topic during an Oval Office event with astronauts from the recent Artemis II mission. In the past, Trump has frequently suggested that the United States has virtually accomplished all of its objectives for Operation Epic Fury, short of securing a denuclearized Iran, while voicing displeasure with his inability to end Russia\u2019s four-year offensive into Ukraine.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4546505\/state-department-america-250-passports-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>State Department unveils America 250 passports featuring Trump and Founding Fathers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4545751\/uk-ambassador-says-us-special-relationship-with-israel-now\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>UK ambassador says US\u2019s \u2018special relationship\u2019 is with Israel now in leaked comments<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4543953\/iran-foreign-minister-heads-russia-support-from-putin\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s foreign minister heads to Russia to garner support from Putin<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cWhich war would end first? I don\u2019t know. Maybe they\u2019re on a similar timetable,\u201d Trump answered before reiterating his claims that, despite the ongoing ceasefire, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4528130\/trump-strait-hormuz-blockade-unlikely-draw-china-into-iran-war\/\">Iran<\/a> has already been \u201cmilitarily defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIn addition, their economy is crashing, as you know,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir money is valueless. They\u2019ve got inflation that nobody\u2019s ever seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-delivers-speech-on-educational-freedom\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence delivers speech on educational freedom\">president proceeded<\/a> to claim that the audiences of both <em>The New York Times<\/em> and CNN likely believe Iran is \u201cdoing wonderfully because it\u2019s fake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in his press availability, Trump confirmed to reporters that he\u2019d spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked about Ukraine, and I talked a little bit about Iran,\u201d he said. \u201cI talked about a few different subjects, mostly about Ukraine, and we had a very good conversation. I think we\u2019re going to come up with a solution relatively quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president added that Putin had offered \u201cto be involved\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >removing enriched uranium<\/a> from Iran, to which Trump told his Russian counterpart, \u201cI\u2019d much rather have you be involved with ending the war in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4545608\/trump-iran-state-of-collapse\/\"><strong>TRUMP CLAIMS IRAN IS IN \u2018STATE OF COLLAPSE\u2019 AND BEGGING US TO OPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4hLYFGv9ktM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Greeting with Artemis II Astronauts\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hLYFGv9ktM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump didn\u2019t directly say if Iran or Ukraine ends first, amid new claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2596782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26119669823345.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[3823,32726,3634,6991],"class_list":["post-2596781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-trump","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26119669823345.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596785,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596781\/revisions\/2596785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}