Donald Trump admitted that the U.S. has no money to pay for daycare or healthcare because he needs to fund his war in Iran. The 79-year-old president made the stark admission during a typically rambling speech while hosting an Easter lunch at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump says he expects the U.S. war with Iran to end within several weeks despite unrelenting attacks from both sides and Iran's iron grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's meandering speech did little to assuage U.S. allies and world markets concerned about the conflict's ongoing disruptions to the global oil supply.

Donald Trump’s top mouthpiece, Steven Cheung, has thrown a tantrum at a CNN host who dared to question the president’s war in Iran. Abby Phillip and the NewsNight panel were reacting to Trump’s freewheeling address to the nation on Wednesday evening,

Israel and several Persian Gulf nations reported a new influx of drone and missile launches toward them early Thursday morning, hours after President Trump asserted in a national television address that the U.S. military campaign against Iran was an overwhelming success and “near completion.”

The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US and Israeli war against Iran.

Off and on during the Iran war, President Donald Trump has threatened U.S. attacks on civilian infrastructure if the Iranian government fails to meet certain demands.

As the White House prepares to release its 2027 budget, President Trump said military protection, not social programs, took precedence.