Overview

• President Donald Trump pledged to decide on U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict within two weeks after hinting at possible negotiations.
• CNN anchor Brianna Keilar labeled the two-week timeline a verbal crutch that the president often doesn’t mean.
• Observers noted a longstanding pattern of unfulfilled two-week promises on healthcare reform, infrastructure plans and Ukraine policy.
• Karoline Leavitt defended the deadline by attributing current tensions to the failures of prior administrations.
• The Kaiser Family Foundation has cataloged numerous instances where Trump teased two-week proposals that never materialized.