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wishstar

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5. Yesterday Energy Secretary Wright said 4 to 6 weeks on NBC

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:25 AM

19 hrs ago

What a joke to blame the media for what their own people have said about it taking much longer than just 2 weeks.
They just can't get their stories straight but Bessent is desperate to ease the markets this morning and so far its working

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Bessent on timeline for the war ending: "It's 2 weeks. 2 weeks." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago OP

Now why would the "media" dislike the president? johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #1

Maybe he should speak to the families of dead service personnel about that last line "a crisis that it's not." SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #2

Krasnov, a Russian agent, gab13by13 20 hrs ago #3

trmp has collected a passel of professional bullshitters. spanone 20 hrs ago #4

Yesterday Energy Secretary Wright said 4 to 6 weeks on NBC wishstar 19 hrs ago #5

Krasnov, a Russian agent, gab13by13 19 hrs ago #6

It's always "two weeks" whatever the question Maeve 19 hrs ago #7

Mr. Bessent, why is it looking like a quagmire? BootinUp 19 hrs ago #8

Two weeks, two weeks?! You sound like a parakeet! bluesbassman 19 hrs ago #9

I wouldn't hold my breath. raccoon 19 hrs ago #10

I haven't decided whether I should have vodka or LSD for breakfast, but mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago #11

He confuses smugness with projecting intelligence Johonny 19 hrs ago #12

Feckless toady Scott Pissant says what? Two weeks? Of course it would be two weeks. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #13