Washington, DC – When the White House announced that Donald Trump would be making a speech to the nation about the war on Iran, it was expected that the United States president would make a major announcement.But in his remarks late on Wednesday, which lasted less than 20 minutes, Trump only repeated the same statements he has been circulating for weeks.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listSome analysts had expected Trump to announce either an end to the war or an escalation in the conflict, such as ground operations inside Iran, but the US president only gave the public and the media more of the same rhetoric.Here are the key takeaways from the address:More of the sameIn his brief remarks, the US president made four familiar points: The war is necessary; it has already been won; it must continue; and it will wrap up soon – all arguments he has been making daily.The US president did not provide details on how the war would actually end or what kind of deal he is seeking with Iran.“We are gonna finish the job. We are getting very close,” Trump said.Trump said on March 11 that the war would end “soon”.“I don’t think that the speech had any point, and I failed to grasp what he was trying to do and convey. It was really a repetition of everything that he had said in the past,” Sina Azodi, assistant professor of Middle East Politics at George Washington University, told Al Jazeera.Other analysts echoed that assessment.“I did not dete …
