Trump says war with Iran could last several weeks

U.S. military strikes on Iran have intensified, with the U.S. stating it destroyed the headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. A Pentagon official pledged the U.S. would not engage in 'nation building' in the conflict.

President Donald Trump has commented repeatedly on the conflict's potential duration. He initially said the war could last 'four weeks or less,' then revised that to four or five weeks, and later stated it could go 'far longer.' Trump also said the U.S. possesses the ammunition reserves to continue the strikes and would 'easily prevail.'

The comments from Trump and a Pentagon official frame the U.S. approach as a limited military engagement focused on strikes, not a long-term occupation or reconstruction effort.