Trumps use of in "two weeks" [View all]
.................White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took heat from a reporter after announcing that President Donald Trump had punted on whether to attack Iran, giving himself a two-week deadline to decide.
The reporter pointed out to Leavitt that Trump has previously given himself two-week deadlines on other major decisions, particularly related to the Russia-Ukraine war, and then failed to meet them.
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The last two-week deadline Trump set came on May 28, with regard to determining whether Russian President Vladimir Putin actually wants peace against Ukraine. It came and passed last week with no acknowledgment from the president.
On April 24, Trump used the two-week line to evade a reporters question about aid to Ukraine. Three days later, asked whether he trusted Putin, the president said, Well let you know in two weeks.
And on May 19, Trump was asked whether Ukraine had done enough to foster negotiations. Id rather tell you in about two weeks from now because I cant say yes or no, Trump said...........