Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington as the war with Iran

nears the three-week mark, and the Pentagon appears to be ramping up operations amid new attacks

today across the region,

including in Jerusalem's old city.

All of this, while President Trump continues to suggest the war will be ending soon,

just moments ago, the president speaking to reporters about the ongoing war while leaving the White House.

Well, I've been hitting them awfully hard.

I mean, I don't know if you can possibly get hit harder, but these are thugs and

animals and horrible people, but you can't hit anybody harder than we've hit them.

Do you think Israel will be ready to end the war when you're ready?

I think so, yeah.

The relationships are a very good one, I think so.

You know, we want more or less similar things.

You know what we want?

We want victory, both of us, and that's what we've got.

Well, look, we can have dialogue, but I don't want to do a ceasefire.

You know, you don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side.

When the war first began, President Trump suggested it would last just four to six weeks.

And as we close in on the start of the fourth week, President Trump has repeatedly said in recent days that war will be over soon.

We're taking out their leadership time still. Four, three, will be over soon. We've taken out their leadership time still,

or three, might be a right now, sir.

Won't be long.

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