Reference News website reported on June 19 according to a report on the website of the "New York Times" of the United States on June 19, "within the next two weeks" - this is the time President Trump now claims he will need to make a decision on whether to bomb Iran.
The report said that this new timeline was provided by White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt at a press conference on the 19th. But when she read the president's statement aloud, some people in the room couldn't help but feel that this new timeframe sounded a bit... familiar.
Nearly everyone in Washington now knows that "two weeks" is one of Trump's favorite time units.
Eight weeks ago, when asked if he could trust Russian President Putin, Trump replied, "I'll tell you in about two weeks."
Tax plans, healthcare policies, evidence for conspiracy theories he claims are true, actions against the "Islamic State" organization, infrastructure plans - all are problems he has promised at different times to solve for the public in about two weeks.
The report said that this "two weeks" is a vague concept - rather than being a measure of time, it is more like a placeholder. For Trump, "two weeks" may mean something or nothing at all. It is both "yes" and "no." It is both procrastination and scheduling. It is not an objective unit of time, but a subjective one. It is completely detached from any sense of chronological order. It simply means later. But "later" sometimes also means never.
Will the US bomb Iran? We don't know. Can we really find the answer to this question within two weeks? We don't know either. (Translated by Ge Xuelai)
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