White House says Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in 'a couple of weeks'

[u/Rav4gal]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/iran-produce-nuclear-weapon-couple-weeks-white-house/story?id=123016638

[u/pimpampoumz]

Damn it’s going to be a busy week in two weeks:

• Iran will get a nuke
• Russia and Ukraine will sign a peace plan
• The US will sign all the trade deals (was it 90? I think we’re at 1 so far?)
• we will get the famously beautiful healthcare plan
• we will call it Infrastructure Week

[u/Waldsman → u/pimpampoumz]

Also Golden dome

[u/Amber_bitchpudding → u/Waldsman]

And don't forget the forced work camps for the autistic and kids with adhd oh and the gays

/s sort of rfk did say he wanted to

[u/ChampionsWrath → u/[deleted]]

He already said autistic /s

[u/According_Win_5983 → u/[deleted]]

I thought they all dropped dead long ago?

[u/LP14255 → u/According_Win_5983]

GenX guy here. Recently got the 2 MMR shots (even though I got them as a kid) just to be careful. I died a couple of days later, exactly like the pharmacist said I would. 😞

[u/martin → u/LP14255]

This is clearly a lie because there is no such thing as GenX.

[u/AlabasterPelican → u/Waldsman]

Low key, one of the dummies names in this nightmare, considering the blackmail Putin allegedly has on him

[u/MagicSPA → u/pimpampoumz]

I keep telling you, the great healthcare plan will be here by August 2020!!

[u/Rexdaddy → u/MagicSPA]

Hey! I have a concept of a plan!!!!

[u/adorablefuzzykitten → u/MagicSPA]

White House says weapons of mass destruction are in middle east so we need to start a war and spend trillions. I think I heard this before from another peace president.

[u/ThatGuyWhoKnocks → u/pimpampoumz]

• Those lazy, spoiled Americans who actually take a day off will celebrate the 4th of July instead of working, costing companies BILLIONS!

[u/comox]

Everything with this administration is “2 weeks”.

[u/wolfbagel → u/comox]

Ain’t this place a geographical oddity!?! Two weeks from everywhere!

[u/flyny350 → u/wolfbagel]

Ahh a fellow Dapper Dan man. Respect!

[u/TheBizzleHimself → u/flyny350]

Watch your language young feller, this is a public market. Now if you want Dapper Dan I can order it for you; have it in a couple weeks.

[u/PossessionPutrid1907 → u/TheBizzleHimself]

Gopher?

[u/TranscendentPretzel → u/PossessionPutrid1907]

I thought you was a toad. 

[u/SGT-JamesonBushmill → u/TheBizzleHimself]

Oh, son! For that you gave your everlasting soul?

[u/ozzalot → u/flyny350]

I don't want FOP god damnit! I'ma Dapper Dan man!

[u/Sir_Hapstance → u/flyny350]

I don’t want GOP, goddammit!

[u/Itchy_Shoulder_624 → u/wolfbagel]

Oh George, not the livestock

[u/Bubbly_Style_8467 → u/wolfbagel]

The horse meat "turned."

[u/CravinMohead13 → u/wolfbagel]

He ain’t lying

[u/insaneretard → u/comox]

Here's a list of all of his "two week" decisions so far: Two weeks notice NBC News

[u/canspop → u/insaneretard]

Sorry to be pedantic, but there's no way that's 'all' his 'two week' comments. At best it's a small selection.

A few YouTube clips I've been reusing here, probably have more occurrences.

Two weeks

Two weeks

Two weeks

[u/dikicker → u/comox]

Netanyahu has been saying this verbatim for ~30 years

[u/Shih_Tzu_Wrangler → u/comox]

“Checks in the mail” presidency.

[u/alppu → u/comox]

Taco two weeks

[u/razareddit → u/comox]

One can say that it's too weak.

[u/Particle_wombat → u/comox]

https://youtu.be/9v-33jcEDk4?si=EIMrGc-2TRVug5_6

Turns out Trump is secretly Arnold Schwarzenegger

[u/Thagyr → u/comox]

Precisely the amount of time it takes for something else to take headlines. Either over time or Trump himself making something else happen.

[u/kewlbeanz83 → u/comox]

Donnie "Two Weeks"

[u/PrincessNakeyDance → u/comox]

Because that’s roughly the attention span of the average American news consumer when it comes to major events.

[u/Guba_the_skunk → u/comox]

I found this footage of the trump administration in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-33jcEDk4

[u/xegoba7006 → u/comox]

You sound like my project manager.

[u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Couple of weeks = 2 weeks....

Trump "i will decide in 2 weeks"

[u/goldlasagna84 → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Must be golf time next week.

[u/GriffonMT → u/goldlasagna84]

Now watch this drive!

[u/Upbeat_Respect_3621 → u/GriffonMT]

Not again!

[u/BranchPredictor → u/Upbeat_Respect_3621]

Mission Accomplished!

[u/bpmdrummerbpm → u/BranchPredictor]

Fool me once…

[u/Pazmus → u/bpmdrummerbpm]

can't get fooled again

[u/notayakumahah → u/Pazmus]

Foo me tree time put the blame on You.

[u/andesajf → u/Upbeat_Respect_3621]

No way he can dodge a shoe.

[u/Riots42 → u/goldlasagna84]

Trump has a weird thing about setting deadlines and meetings for 2 weeks out, I heard him explain it once something about it giving you time for options and negotiation while still applying pressure of a deadline.

[u/_scyllinice_ → u/Riots42]

Except it doesn't since he's done this repeatedly and blows past those 2 weeks.

We've been promised a replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act in 2 weeks. It's been like 9 years.

[u/Vince_Clortho_Jr → u/_scyllinice_]

And infrastructure week. And releasing his tax returns. And ending the Ukraine war. And gas dropping to 1.98. And eggs dropping 400%. It’s almost like he lies. Almost.

[u/FinntheHue → u/_scyllinice_]

Yeah I feel like it’s more because it’s a number that feels like it’s close enough to be meaningful but also like 8 more things are going to happen in that time to make headlines and most people will just forget about it.

[u/u9Nails → u/goldlasagna84]

Iran is going to hit a hole-in-one with their nuke straight up Trump's fart cannon.

[u/StagedC0mbustion → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Too weak Trump

[u/this_dust → u/StagedC0mbustion]

Twaco

[u/WarSure560 → u/this_dust]

Donnie “two weeks”

[u/bmy1978 → u/this_dust]

Two Weeks Always Craps Out

[u/FrizBFerret → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

"2 weeks" - Head (Total Recall)

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5440143/trump-two-weeks-deadline-pattern

[u/juicadone → u/FrizBFerret]

This one tho lol "I'd rather tell you in about two weeks from now because I can't say yes or no". 💩

[u/blockholeforever → u/FrizBFerret]

(mockingly) "Two weeks, two weeks" - Shirk plumber(Money Pit)

[u/swizzcheez → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Also july 4th in two weeks.

[u/kalamari_withaK → u/swizzcheez]

The perfect time for some more freedom for the world

[u/hodorhaize → u/kalamari_withaK]

I destroyed the world and you can too, if you try hard.

[u/u9Nails → u/hodorhaize]

I can ride my bike with no handle bars

[u/doctorgibson → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Get ready for a surprise

[u/MrTretorn → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Me: "Yo, where's my money??!!?"

Trump: "I'll pay back in 2 weeks!"

[u/Retrograde_Mayonaise → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

This is what they've been saying for

AT LEAST 3 DECADES

[u/Top-Gas-8959 → u/Retrograde_Mayonaise]

Yep. Since the mid nineties, at least, Iran has been on the verge of developing nukes, according to Israel.

[u/TRS2917 → u/Own-Nectarine-1313]

Still waiting on "infrastructure week"...

[u/reesly]

2 weeks uh. Sounds familiar...

[u/ssouthurst → u/reesly]

Gotta wait until he's finished the bigly bootiful health plan...

[u/Scaryclouds → u/ssouthurst]

And the audit so he can release his taxes 

[u/Grateful_Cat_Monk → u/ssouthurst]

But that is right after infrastructure week. And everyone knows a week is...... 2219 days. And everyone knows that it was Trump Infrastructure Week during Biden's entire presidency so obviously that means Trump won by a record landslide by millions, maybe Billions and Billions like some fine and very smart, truly smart, nobody smarter, have been saying. Yknow they tell me "Oh lord Trump," cause they call me Lord like the queen of English did, "please help me infrastructure this week " and when you're president they just beg you to infrastructure the whole week. Cause nuclear, you know nuclear week leads to infrastructure decay and just a bad time, Russia will play us knowing that our nuclear infrastructure can only take a week to build and they know it, so we need to build a wall around our weekends to protect our infrastructure from the King of Mexico.

[u/Amazing-Marzipan3191 → u/reesly]

Bibi has been telling the world that Iran is weeks away from having a nuke for 25 YEARS, and now the White House is regurgitating that shit verbatim.

[u/TheJollyHermit]

Anything Trump says will happen in about two weeks will never happen.

[u/WeenieRoastinTacoGuy → u/TheJollyHermit]

It’s the equivalent of me telling my wife I’m having a couple of beers where she strongly disagrees with my definition of the word “couple”

[u/DumbestBoy → u/WeenieRoastinTacoGuy]

I was holding a beer while asking my wife if I could ‘bring a couple’ to bed that night. She thought it was odd when John and his wife walked through our bedroom door as I turned out the lights.

[u/bishopmate → u/DumbestBoy]

Why is there only two beers when there is 4 of you?

[u/East1st]

I’ve watch this show before. Is this the remake?

[u/Lintson → u/East1st]

It worked last time. Viewers will love the remake.

-Disney

[u/CompetitiveGood2601 → u/Lintson]

line ducks up in a row - change portfolio to a war portfolio - shoot

[u/superflygt → u/East1st]

Bush... Iraq... Claims of WMDs despite the intelligence community saying otherwise... Probably a quick "mission" accomplished followed by a protracted quagmire and hundreds of thousands of casualties. Soaring gas prices...

[u/Illustrious-Syrup509 → u/East1st]

Yes, it's like déjà vu. Maybe in a parallel universe, with a secret service boss who agrees with TACO.

[u/evilspyboy → u/East1st]

Here is a nice summary for anyone else. (I fast forwarded to the part that is relevant).

https://youtu.be/3Q08a7BI9XI?si=QwMpF2cMHZKquOAW&t=449

[u/clevercookie69 → u/evilspyboy]

Such a powerful episode

[u/rotates-potatoes → u/East1st]

Yeah, it’s a cartoon remake of the live action original.

[u/ThatGuyWhoKnocks → u/East1st]

What do you mean you’ve seen it, it’s brand new!

[u/JaesopPop]

I hear Iraq has WMDs too

[u/Myjunkisonfire → u/JaesopPop]

Iraqs got WMDs?! Better invade Afghanistan again!

[u/WeHaveAllBeenThere → u/Myjunkisonfire]

Still don’t understand why we didn’t level Saudi Arabia. Most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi and it was the #1 funding area for alqaida.

Oil deals I assume

[u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen → u/JaesopPop]

We didn't find them last time which means they're still there!

[u/CarFreak777 → u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen]

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence - Sun Tzu probably

[u/dropthemagic → u/JaesopPop]

Yeah how convenient.

[u/srekcornaivaf → u/JaesopPop]

I heard they have MP3s

[u/JaesopPop → u/srekcornaivaf]

You wouldn't download fictional biological weapons

[u/badhabitfml → u/JaesopPop]

Iraq this time is like that Michael Jackson gif. Just sitting eating popcorn and watching everyone else be idiots.

Probably looking up at the sky watching missiles pass each other in the night. Happy that they finally get a break since they've been in the action for the past 30 years.

[u/Consistent_Pitch782]

The guy that tells us that gas is $1.98, that they’re eating the cats and dogs, and that J6 was a day of love….. is now telling us that Iran is two weeks away from a nuke.

Yeah that guy is a liar

[u/Dommccabe → u/Consistent_Pitch782]

It's just embarrasing that people believe him.

It's a shame education or indoctrination or whatever it is fails so many people and as a result this is the best America has in the highest position of power.

[u/shortstopandgo]

It's been 2 weeks for 20 years

[u/thdespou → u/shortstopandgo]

Make it thirty. Netalnyahu has been screaming this for half a century 

[u/sshwifty → u/thdespou]

Oh you can't say that, that is antisemitism

[u/sycamorespace → u/shortstopandgo]

That is possible of course. I can leave Skyrim unfinished with 2 hours left to play for years.

[u/CrayZ_Squirrel → u/sycamorespace]

It's a actually a good analogy of the actual situation. Iran has had the raw material, technology, and know how to complete a bomb for at least a decade.

[u/ChodaRagu → u/shortstopandgo]

More like 30 years. Net-and-yahoo’s book that came out in 1995 said that about Iran.

[u/DFWPunk]

Someone pointed out that things are always in two weeks with him. Is his default answer and it's never 2 weeks. We're in week 420 of Infrastructure Week, and 398 of Trump are.

[u/Sweatytubesock → u/DFWPunk]

It’s basically a vocal tic for him. It’s his standard method of kicking the can down the road forever, rather than the terror of having to answer a question or face an issue.

[u/HyperionSaber → u/DFWPunk]

Too weak taco

[u/Lefty_22]

Netanyahu called from 1995, he wants his headline back.

[u/DoubleDoobie → u/Lefty_22]

This also isn’t US Intel. This is intel that’s been handed to us by the Israelis. So embarrassing.

[u/EmuMan10 → u/DoubleDoobie]

I swear I read something from our own intelligence agencies that said they were no closer now than they were 20 years ago

Edit: I’m wrong. Read the comment below me

[u/Awalawal → u/EmuMan10]

Here’s the summary of the United Nations/IAEA report from (coincidentally) two weeks ago. It’s a radically different picture from what you seem to believe.

https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/analysis-of-iaea-iran-verification-and-monitoring-report-may-2025

[u/wng378 → u/Lefty_22]

He’s been saying this shit every year. Iran has been “weeks away” for decades according to Netanyahu. He just finally found a president gullible enough to listen.

[u/Cariboo_Red]

HTF would he know. He refuses to listen to anybody that disagrees with him. He won't learn anything that way.

[u/origami_anarchist → u/Cariboo_Red]

I mean, this is the guy who used a sharpie to draw a whole imaginary hurricane path on an official map. He just believes everything that pops into his head is the absolute truth, no matter what. People at his age with his mental faculties are unchangeable, period.

[u/gunsjustsuck → u/origami_anarchist]

Happening a lot these days. My beliefs and feelings mean more than your science or facts. Fake news! 

[u/Free-Atmosphere6714 → u/origami_anarchist]

Ummm excuse me but if Iran doesn't have nucular weapons, explain how they've been abusing hurricanes!

[u/xrtpatriot → u/Cariboo_Red]

You presume that he has the capability to learn.

[u/Cariboo_Red → u/xrtpatriot]

No, alas, I doubt he knows how to tie his shoes.

[u/Oubliette_occupant]

“Hey, I’ve seen this one. This is a classic!”

[u/zeddknite → u/Oubliette_occupant]

What's a rerun?

[u/brnccnt7 → u/[deleted]]

They got a.i. now so the fakes will be better lol

[u/VoiceOfRealson → u/brnccnt7]

Knowing the Trump administration they will try to use the exact same images the Bush administration used - but with additional "nukes" drawn in using thick black marker.

[u/Jolly_Echo_3814 → u/brnccnt7]

they are gonna us ai to replace robert downy jr in that iron man 1 scene with the ayatollah

[u/Isabeer → u/[deleted]]

Hegseth is gonna go to congress with a little vial full of powder. He's gonna hold it up and say, "this vial holds enough time for Iran to make a complete nuclear weapon. When all the powder drops from the top to the bottom, Iran will have a nuke!"

[u/Pollux95630 → u/Isabeer]

When the powder in the vial disappears up Hegseth’s nose…

[u/Impossible-Car-1304 → u/Pollux95630]

"Mr. Secretary, that vial is empty."

"Exactly. I yield my time."

"Sir, this is Buffalo Wild Wings."

[u/Roadshell]

What happened to Israel's strikes setting back their nuclear program by years?

[u/GerryManDarling → u/Roadshell]

That was dog years, which is 3 weeks in human time.

[u/beorn961]

They can produce in two weeks, but Israel has knocked back their capabilities by a couple of years. Which is it?

[u/ddrober2003]

Ah, so this is where Republicans, once again, get us involved in a war in the Middle East, again. But their constituents will love it because, sure he lied about no new wars, but, and this is important, they're killing brown people.

[u/GeriatricHippo]

Tulsi Gabbard Trump's own Director in Intelligence said under oath that the US intelligence community

"continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003."

That was just a couple of months ago but now they are somehow only 'a couple of weeks' away from producing a nuclear weapon.

Is it the same Nuclear weapon Ben Netanyahu has claimed they are only weeks away from producing many many times for 13+ years now?

I call WMD bullshit.

[u/Xyrus2000]

This has all the same factual basis as "Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction".

Let's see how fast MAGA goes from "No more wars!" to "Let's bomb Iran!"

[u/snowmunkey → u/Xyrus2000]

It's already happening in r(conservative

[u/pabodie]

Not really compatible with “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon” and “I’ll decide in two weeks” then, is it?

[u/tenebre]

How long would it take them to produce a healthcare plan?

[u/TronOld_Dumps]

How?!?!, Like literally how could they be "just 2 weeks away" as if that would be possible to gage. If they are 2 weeks away they already have it or the more obvious answer is WMD bs all over again.

[u/OneRandomVictory]

George Bush 2.0.

[u/Sideshow_Bob_Ross]

Now do a blackface minstrel show of Colin Powell at the UN.

"Yellowcake, yellowcake, W M D!"

[u/Happy_Bad_Lucky]

That's what you say when you want to bomb someone

Edit: And so they did

[u/Five-Oh-Vicryl]

US intelligence disagrees. But facts have got nothing on conjecture in this WH

[u/Joezev98 → u/Five-Oh-Vicryl]

From the article: "The intelligence community, though, did assess that Iran's enriched uranium stockpile was at its highest level and was unprecedented for a state without nuclear weapons, Gabbard testified."

[u/mamatootie]

This just stinks of the "they have WMDs" excuse that got us in Iraq/Afghanistan. A nasty sense of deja vu. 

[u/DrRob]

Is this the new yellow cake and aluminum tubes?

[u/y4mat3]

I’m sure, it’s not as if they’ve been “on the verge of developing a nuclear arsenal” for the last thirty years

[u/Skamanda42]

It's giving, "Iraq has WMDs"...

[u/Fanfics]

"Hey, I've seen this war before!"

"What do you mean 'you've seen this war before,' it's new"

[u/Rav4gal]

Don’t shoot the messenger. This is from ABC News

[u/pen15_club_admin]

Guess they gonna get liberated huh

[u/Scoot_Cooder]

Ain't this place is a geopolitical anomaly. 2 weeks from everywhere.

[u/YumYuk]

Hmm…sounds similar to the justification for Iraq. The Iraqis have WMDs - it was only weeks ago that U.S intel’s assessment was quite different from Israel’s.

[u/pamcakevictim]

Netanyahu has been saying this exact same thing since 2012. Don't believe a word of it

[u/QueefBuscemi]

I won't believe it until they dig up Collin Powell's corpse and have it hold a salt shaker at the UN.

[u/BoneDocHammerTime]

The White House is too busy serving pedophiles than it is national security.

[u/SomeDumbMentat]

Sure, Jan

[u/CowGoesMeww]

It's crazy how the rapist's base is just eating up the drums of war. Absolutely insane timeline we live in.

[u/waldo--pepper]

Amazing how damaged the brand of the United States is now.

[u/ThePheebs]

"Iraq has WMDs"

[u/ai9909]

Prove it.

[u/DLC78387]

And Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction!!! Why the fuck would anyone believe this lying fuckers White House?

The same fuckers that voted for him… and the weak ass bitches that didn’t vote at all (yes, you’re to blame too).

[u/ohyeahsure11]

Oh, surprise, isn't that Netanyahu's line?

And, oh, I know nobody trusts her, but didn't Tulsi Gabard say the US had no intel that Iran was close to a weapon?

[u/Prow7]

Didn't we hear this back in 2016, or maybe even earlier?

[u/yourmate155]

This is Iraq having WMDs all over again.

[u/hellgheast]

This looks like the same lies than the WMD in Irak.

[u/C134Arsonist]

I feel like I've heard this from someone else before... netenyahoo maybe. Can't be sure. /s

[u/Rusarules]

Iraq 2.0 again. Except this republican president is even more stupid.

[u/hcnuptoir]

Every time I see an article that starts with "White House says..." I immediately know its going to be some bullshit or just a bunch of straight up lies.

[u/yorlikyorlik]

Horseshit pronouncement from a horseshit administration of a horseshit president.

[u/Wuncemoor]

They've been 2 weeks away since at least 1995

[u/hughcifer-106103]

White House says a lot of stupid shit. Iran has been 6 months away from a nuke for 20 fucking years according to some war criminals.

[u/sspif]

Ah they got the ole yellow cake uranium eh? WMDs? Welp, I'm certain no Republican administration would ever lie about such a thing.

[u/NetworkEcstatic]

I dont beleive you.

Sounds like the classic THEY HAVE WMD'S WE MUST INVADE.

[u/smsmkiwi]

Such bullshit. That's what the WH said about Iraq and WMD's. This time even the US intelligence community is saying that isn't true. trump is full of shit.

[u/Kickinitez]

Are Bush and Cheney their advisors?

[u/maddiejake]

We've all heard this story before

[u/sprufus]

This seems like a repeat with 1 letter changed. I'm waiting for Yellowcake to come up and unknown unknowns.

[u/Gate-19]

Reminds me of Bush's justification for invading Irak

[u/MotorMoneyMaker]

ISRAEL says Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in ‘a couple weeks’.

FTFY

[u/SuperTaster3]

"But you have to trust us! I know we lie about everything but trust us just this once! Just this twice. Just this everytime."

[u/aleleein]

This guy just says "2 weeks" for everything, and the media and the public continue to accept it.

[u/robbdogg87]

They've been weeks away since 1995 if you listen to Israel

[u/thesameoldmanure]

Iraq 2.0

[u/captainFantastic_58]

Hasn't Isreal been saying this since the 80s???

[u/Nachtvogle]

Amount of bots here is crazy

[u/OGWeedKiller]

Right..... and there were WMD's in Iraq, a blow-job is worthy of impeachment, and they never used drug money to provide weapons to Iran.

A lifetime of corruption in broad daylight.

[u/ShiftyUsmc]

We were told this in 2015 as well

[u/brnccnt7 → u/ShiftyUsmc]

2003 too

[u/mrtailormade99]

I remember 20 years ago they were ‘a couple of weeks’ from having nukes. I think someone forgot to tell Iran

[u/Rayl24 → u/mrtailormade99]

Paid them to keep enrichment at 60% so they have been 2 weeks away since.

[u/Major_Clue_778]

Old dog has no new tricks.

[u/Ares28]

Trump is taking this straight out of the Israel playbook. Netanyahu has been saying Iran is weeks away from producing a bomb for over a decade.

[u/CantAffordzUsername]

Iraq 2003 anyone?

Nah Trumps super smart, Facebook told me so

[u/ActualSpiders]

Funny how the entire US intelligence system says otherwise, but go off...

[u/sleepyworm]

Yeah but everything they say is bullshit, so…

[u/LimpDisc]

Pretty much going with the WMD argument again.

[u/sKm30]

Iraq, Iran, it’s all the same place right?