Donald Trump’s Two-Week Notice: Late-Night Hosts Have Fun With President’s Favorite Measure Of Time

President Trump announced yesterday that he could wait two weeks before deciding whether the United States gets directly involved in the Israel-Iran conflict.

The statement has major geopolitical implications, but it also put a spotlight on the Commander-in-Chief’s favorite measure of time.

Late-night hosts pointed out how often the former host of The Apprentice often likes to kick the can down the road by a fortnight, showing clips of him over the last ten years promising certain things, including a healthcare plan and a tariff plan, in two weeks.

“Today, The White House said Trump will make a decision on the U.S. involvement in Iran within the next two weeks. All good, no rush, just take your time. If Trump thinks about this decision for two weeks, it’ll beat his previous thinking record by two weeks,” said The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.

Similarly, Stephen Colbert picked up on the timeline. “American stands on the brink of the precipice of the edge of possibly finding out if Donald Trump is going to bomb Iran. We’ve all been desperately trying to read Trump’s tea leaves. His type of tea? Insana,” The Late Show host said. “Two weeks’ notice is so important. Trump understands starting a war in the Middle East is a lot like quitting your sales job at Best Buy. It’s just polite.”

Kimmel called Trump Two Week POTUS.

“Obviously, a decision to attack Iran directly would have very serious implications that would put American troops in that region at risk and could ignite a bigger war,” said Kimmel said on his last show before taking off for the summer. “He enjoys making threats and he loves attaching them to timelines. Two weeks. It’s always two weeks. For a guy whose catchphrase was ‘You’re fired,’ no one has ever given more two weeks’ notice than Donald J. Trump.”