Donald Trump declared that the US had won the war with Iran during a rally in Kentucky on Wednesday.
On the 12th day of nonstop bombings in the Middle East, the President insisted that it was actually already over.
‘It’s only good if you win,’ Trump said of the war before asserting: ‘And we’ve won.’
‘You know, you never like to say too early ‘you won.’ We won In the first hour it was over,’ he said at a rally in Hebron, Kentucky.
Trump’s statements came mere hours after Israelsaid missiles were launched from Iran towards its territory. Al Jazeera additionally reported that ‘Iran has launched nine ballistic missiles and a number of drones against Qatar‘ per the ‘Gulf nation’s Defence Ministry.’
Still, Trump reiterated that the war was won when speaking to reporters after landing back in Washington, DC after a jaunt through Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday.
‘We have very good news on the war front, namely they are absolutely being destroyed Iran is,’ Trump said.
‘The main thing is, we have to win this thing we need to win it,’ he went on. ‘And there are many people, just watching some of the news, most people say it’s already been won it’s just a question of when. When do we stop?’
He did not answer a question from the Daily Mail on if his timeline for the conflict with Iran is still four week, like he said earlier this month.
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky, on March 11, 2026
This combination of pictures created on March 11, 2026 using satellite image released courtesy of Vantor shows an overview of Havadarya airbase in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on February 27, 2026 (top) and on March 11, 2026 after airstrikes
Smoke rises after an explosion at the airport in Erbil, Iraq, late Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Earlier in the day on Wednessday Trump said that the conflict with Iran is both a war and a ‘little excursion.’
‘An excursion will keep us out of a war,’ he insisted during a drug packaging factory tour at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Cincinnati, Ohio.
‘For them [Iran] it’s a war,’ the President added. ‘For us it’s turned out to be easier than we thought.’
The President and the administration as a whole have not had a unified message throughout the war’s duration thus far.
On February 28, the first day of the joint US-Israeli operation in Iran, Trump stated in a video posted to his Truth Social account that Iran’s nuclear program had been ‘obliterated’.
That phrasing conflicted with a White House document from just months earlier, which described strikes carried out by the US last summer as having ‘significantly degraded’ the authoritarian regime’s nuclear capabilities.
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican who is seeking reelection in this year’s midterm elections, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he was ‘wrong’ about Iran’s nuclear capabilities when asked to react to a statement he made on Fox News last June, following the Trump admin’s strikes on nuclear sites inFordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
Last year, Marshall said that it would take Iran ‘years to restart their nuclear program’, that they can’t control their airspace, and that he was in ‘shock and awe’ over how much ‘damage was done to their facilities.’
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall on his argument last summer that it would take Iran “years” to restart their nuclear program: “I was wrong.” pic.twitter.com/OX9c42zUnS
Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 11, 2026
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham sparked immense backlash with his comments he made about the war during an appearance on Fox News’ show Hannity this week.
Graham claimed that when he goes ‘back to South Carolina, I’m asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Middle East.’
That line has created mayhem, as President Trump’s bombing of Iran last month is highly unpopular with the American public, with both Democrats and Republicans alike. Eight American service members have already been killed in the conflict. The latest numbers also reveal that at least 140 troops have been injured.
Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Congresswoman who is also running to be the state’s governor in this year’s midterm elections, noted in an X post Tuesday that she does ‘not want to send South Carolina’s sons and daughters into war with Iran,’ without directly mentioning Graham’s comments.
Trump delivered his Wednesday remarks at Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky, where he also railed against his topCongressionalnemesis, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie.
Trump also boosted his handpicked challenger, Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL, during the event, although the formal guidance previewed the speech as ‘remarks on the economy.’