Trump predicts conflict with Iran to end soon, but won't commit to timeline
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
During a briefing and in a one-on-one phone interview with Magid, US President Donald Trump discusses a possible timeframe for ending the war with Iran, a decision he says will be made with Israel. The US leader notes that if the regime harms oil exports, he will strike Iran harder than before.
Magid notes that Trump is not happy with the choice of the new Iranian leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, but isn't discussing his removal, unlike Israel, which has not ruled out his assassination. He also discusses whether Trump is betraying anti-regime protestors by not creating a government that will support them.
There appears to be some behind-the-scenes discomfort with the war against Iran from Vice President JD Vance, reports Magid, although the Vice President has been publicly supportive of the continued operation.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Trump: Iran war could be over soon, but not this week; oil disruption would trigger harsher strikes
Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends
Netanyahu tells Iranians freedom is near as Israel hits Iran’s oil depots for first time
Trump: ‘I have to be involved’ in picking Iran’s next leader, Khamenei’s son ‘unacceptable’
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IMAGE: President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Tuesday, March 10th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. Jacob, how you doing? Good morning. |
| 0:13.9 | Hi, Jessica. Good to be with you again. |
| 0:15.6 | Sirens and missile attacks sounded throughout the night in the north, northern Israel, at one point from both Iran and |
| 0:21.8 | Khazbalah, sending residents in certain areas into their safe rooms. It did remain quiet in the |
| 0:27.6 | country's center where at least during the afternoon on Monday, at least one man was killed |
| 0:32.3 | and two others seriously wounded when an Iranian missile with a cluster warhead was fired during the |
| 0:38.8 | afternoon during a day full of missile strikes in the center and north. Amid the ongoing |
| 0:44.4 | strikes, the IDF has decided to keep schools closed across Israel for the rest of the week. |
| 0:51.0 | We'll discuss some other aspects of this ongoing war, including the comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday during a press conference and on true social, including his statement that the war would be ended soon. |
| 1:06.4 | He called it a, quote, short-term excursion. |
| 1:09.5 | We'll talk about that and parts of Jacob's |
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