Washington, November 12, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
US President Donald Trump has said the conflict with Iran could end soon but insisted that Washington would settle for nothing less than a “total victory”, offering no timeline for ending the military campaign.
Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery during a Veterans Day address on Wednesday, Trump claimed American forces had already achieved major successes and said the timing of an end to the conflict would depend on the United States.
“We want to make sure we have a total victory, not a 93 per cent victory. It’s going to be total,” he said, according to a transcript circulated by the White House foreign press pool.
Trump thanked American service members involved in operations aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, describing that objective as central to the campaign.
He also claimed Iran would need decades to recover from the destruction caused by US military action.
“It’ll take them 25 years to rebuild back what we have destroyed, and hopefully, we won’t have to destroy any more of that country,” he said.
However, the President offered no supporting assessment for the 25-year reconstruction estimate. His address also contained no announcement of a negotiated settlement or a timetable for withdrawing American forces.
Defending the military campaign, Trump argued that previous US administrations should have confronted Tehran much earlier, saying the issue “should have been taken care of a long time ago”.
He compared the conflict with earlier American military engagements in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, highlighting their prolonged duration and human costs. He argued that those wars had delivered limited benefits to the United States.
Trump maintained that the world would be safer once the conflict ended, praising the courage and capabilities of American troops while leaving unclear what conditions Washington would consider sufficient to declare its objectives achieved.
The address also included tributes to veterans from different generations and a pledge of continued support for former service members. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth received loud applause when introduced by the President, who praised his performance.
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