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26 October
7:58 pm

President Trump started this war without a clear plan of what was going to come. He thought that it would be over in a weekend.

Overstated

John Hickenlooper, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (Colorado Sun)

7:58 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific assertion that Trump believed the war would end in a weekend — a verifiable claim about a stated position or prediction by the President
What we foundThe core claim that Trump lacked a clear plan and underestimated the war's duration is supported by multiple credible sources, but his documented prediction was four to six weeks — not 'a weekend' — making the specific characterisation an exaggeration.
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