What did Donald Trump predict about war in September 2024?
Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee ·
That is a war that's dying to be settled. I will get it settled before I even become president.
War unsettled 20 months into his term
Trump said he would get the war settled before he even became president. No settlement came before he took office in January 2025, and the war was still going in September 2026.
No settlement was reached before Trump took office on January 20, 2025; as of September 2026 the war was continuing, and U.S. envoys' talks with Putin in Moscow produced no announced breakthrough on ending it (NPR).
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- ABC News presidential debate with Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia.