What is with the idjits obsession with "2 weeks"?

[mwmisses4289]

It seems like every "major" decision is going to be decided in "2 weeks".

[Ocelot II]

1. He can't think ahead any farther than that.

[Attilatheblond]

20. Maybe he thinks we'll forget before the 2 weeks, ANY 2 weeks go by

and he'll be off the hook re coming up with the plan, ANY plan

[Walleye]

26. Yes, that's correct. It's just that simple.

[NCDem47]

31. It's a punt

Just to say something to answer "When will we see..."

No plans. No follow-up. Nothing intended. Just, "here's an answer, get off my back."

--OR--

he waits for winners and losers to appear and sides with the so-called "winners"

[Walleye]

32. This situation is way too complicated for his little brain

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. I'm still waiting for the two weeks until Infrastructure Week happens.

[mwmisses4289]

4. Lol. I think we all are.

Or did we blink and miss it?

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. We're also past due on his concept of a healthcare plan.

[Melon]

23. I need this. Where is our cheaper healthcare?

[leftieNanner]

6. Oh no!

That's when we get his fantastic new healthcare plan!

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. I'm not holding my breath.

[SallyHemmings]

27. I was thinking the same

[greatauntoftriplets]

44. He's notorious for two weeks.

[RainCaster]

3. That is beyond the attention span of the MSM

He can't make a decision and he will hope the press forgets his promises.

[Omnipresent]

30. And they do...

[oasis]

5. I'll bet it has something to do with July 4th.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

37. My thoughts exactly. Iran's Independence from the IRON FIST rule of the Ayatollahs????????

[oasis]

46. Victor Orban, Turkey's Erdogan or Putin are

more likable dictators in the eyes of Trump.

[RockRaven]

7. Enough of a stall that he can avoid giving an answer today, but close enough

that he can say "nuh-uh!" when people accuse him of being a clueless do-nothing. It is about the sweet spot, so he sticks to it. And as others have noted, the fucking useless media mostly lets him get away with it.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Serius attempt at an answer: He thinks that's how long it takes for us to forget what he said.

[Boomerproud]

33. It works for his idiot supporters.

Yes indeed.

[Diraven]

11. He's a big Total Recall fan

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[Wounded Bear]

42. Was thinking more The Money Pit...

[2MuchNoise]

12. He can't count any higher than two.

[PufPuf23]

13. Two week margin so POS Trump can take credit for what occurs or

count on media and entranced public to forget his utterance in a topic.

[Jack Valentino]

14. He'll tell you why, in 2 weeks NT

[mwmisses4289]

22. 😄

[Greybnk48]

15. When Trump says it will happen in 2 weeks, it's like Wimpy saying, "I'll gladly repay you on Tuesday."

IOW, don't hold your breath.

[Blue Owl]

16. He's the deuce man.... He loves the number two...

[3catwoman3]

17. Unless it's votes, crowd size...

...or money, he can't count any higher than that.

[moondust]

18. Bribe time.

He'll decide in favor of whoever makes him the best offer in that two weeks. He's "transactional."

[lame54]

19. Because they ALWAYS say ok and change the subject

[sakabatou]

21. Well, ain't this place a chronological oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!

[thought crime]

24. Two weeks is plenty of time for a different crisis to grab attention.

Chaos.

[TheFarseer]

25. Isn't it obvious?

He can pass his disgusting budget while we all debate fighting Iran.

[bucolic_frolic]

28. Conservative speak for forever

He fully intends a 2 decade presidency.

[taxi]

29. When a Lieutenant asks you to do some strange task

it's sometimes best to wait, that is if it is some hare-brained idea he had. If later on he comes back and asks if it's done, once again wait. All that means is he told someone and they agreed with him.
Now if he comes back a third time that job needs to be done. He's run it up the flagpole. The task went from being an idea to a plan, and now it's an order.

With Trump's 2 week strategy it is always a hare-brained idea

[usedtobedemgurl]

34. He cannot count above two.

[doc03]

35. That is the maximum attention span of the MSM.

[EnergizedLib]

36. Sane people in this country saw his shell game by 2016 the latest

It’s unfortunate tens of millions of people in this country are not sane.

[markodochartaigh]

41. In 2015

the Republicans were going to have a brokered convention to choose another candidate but they realized that they could not win without Trump. So they put party before country and chose an authoritarian Strong Leader who was not committed to democracy. They knew then. Several of the party leaders, the Bushes, Romney, the Cheneys took the unprecedented action of not supporting their own party's candidate. The Republicans knew that they were putting democracy in the US on the line. They chose to attack democracy if they couldn't have control.

[SheltieLover]

38. 2 is as high as the toddler can count.

[AnnaLee]

39. War is an incredible cover for just about anything.

If unpopular decisions/executions are all crouded in time, each will draw a percent outrage dictated by popular priority. Nothing is more newsworthy or prioritized more than the potential consequences of an act of war.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

40. Too weak

to man-up to anything.

[Wounded Bear]

43. Well, the first week is infrastructure week, so...nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. Maddow Blog-A familiar metric: White House says to expect Iran decision within 'two weeks'

Donald Trump's reliance on a two-week timeline for a decision on Iran represents a striking failure of self-awareness.

The White House says Trump’s decision on Iran is “two weeks” away.

It’s rare to see a failure of self-awareness this brazen. Does the administration not realize that we’re all well aware of the “two week” trick? Which they’ve relied on far too often, for far too long? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-19T18:21:06.049Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/familiar-metric-white-house-says-expect-iran-decision-two-weeks-rcna213980

Evidently, I can stop hitting refresh — for two weeks.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh/post/3lry3ggarcc2k

Link to tweet

At her latest briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt acknowledged the “speculation” about the White House’s policy, which led her to read a prepared statement from the president. It read, “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.”

It’s difficult to say with confidence whether these negotiations exist or whether they’ll succeed, but the fact that Trump and his team has rolled out another “two week” timeline represents a remarkable failure of self-awareness.

Last week for example, the president said U.S. trading partners should expect letters on unilateral tariff rates in “two weeks.” Shortly before that, the president was asked about Vladimir Putin’s alleged interest in “peace.” He replied, “I can’t tell you that, but I’ll let you know in about two weeks.”

Last month, Trump was asked about tariff rates on pharmaceutical products. “I’ll know in the next two weeks,” he said.

Alas, we can keep going. Where’s Trump’s health care plan? It’ll be ready in “two weeks.” What about a possible minimum-wage increase? That, too, will be unveiled in “two weeks.” On everything from tax policy to infrastructure, immigration to reproductive health, the president’s detailed solutions are always just “two weeks” away......

In this latest example, a reporter felt compelled to remind Leavitt of the familiarity of the administration’s latest timeline.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lry33cl6562h

Link to tweet

If recent history is any guide, she and Trump will keep using it anyway, indifferent to the embarrassment.

[0rganism]

48. In the clip, Sec. Leavitt simply ignores the "2 week" question to focus on previous admin's perceived failures

This is how they're gonna roll right over journalism whenever they can't shut it down completely or own it for propaganda.

[0rganism]

47. It's a few days longer than the long-term attention span of the media and much of the American population

After a week or so, we move stuff off the back-burners to make room for the continuous waves of incoming crap dished out by the administration. The "flood the zone" strategy has worked wonders for these villains.