WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is facing a fresh round of ridicule after once again promising to make a high-stakes decision “in two weeks.” This time, the stakes are global: whether or not to engage U.S. military forces in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

At a press briefing Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt relayed Trump’s newest vague commitment. “The president believes there’s a substantial chance for negotiations with Iran,” she said. “He will make a decision whether or not to go to war within the next two weeks.”

But the American public has heard this before — many, many times. CNN aired a blistering supercut this week showing Trump over the years promising action “in about two weeks” on everything from the economy to immigration to military action. The catch? Those two weeks nearly always came and went without resolution, consequence, or follow-up.

In one highlighted moment, Trump in April 2025 claimed he’d make a decision “very soon” on Putin’s Ukraine offensive. By late May, the crisis had intensified — with no further word from the president. The now-viral supercut plays clip after clip of Trump dodging accountability behind this rhetorical stall tactic.

“This isn’t strategy. This is stalling wrapped in vagueness,” said one analyst at the Brookings Institution. “It gives the illusion of leadership while doing nothing.”

Online, mockery was swift and brutal. “Two Weeks Trump” trended on Bluesky and X, with users dubbing the president’s trademark delay a “national waiting game.” Memes compared him to the character from The Office who keeps promising the same memo is “coming out soon.”

Critics say this tactic is far more dangerous now, as tensions rise in the Middle East. “We’re talking about military action, lives at stake,” tweeted VoteVets, a veterans’ advocacy group. “’Two weeks’ is not a strategy. It’s cowardice in a crisis.”

Others resurfaced an old Trump tweet from 2013, where he accused President Obama of considering an Iran strike “to distract from domestic failure.” Now, over a decade later, many see Trump doing the very same — playing war games to deflect from his own embattled administration.

Even Trump’s supporters appeared unsure. “He said two weeks last month too,” posted one commenter on Truth Social. “Is this real or just another tease?”

With no specific plan released, no coalition support confirmed, and negotiations with Tehran stalled, it remains unclear if the president will follow through. What is clear, however, is that America — and the world — is still waiting.

And we’ve all heard that “two weeks” promise before.