[US Media: White House Officials Say US-Iran Conflict May Last Until the End of Trump's Term] According to The Wall Street Journal, senior White House officials privately informed President Trump that the US-Iran conflict could persist until the end of his presidential term. The report, citing multiple US officials, stated that during meetings in the Oval Office and the Situation Room, Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, and others discussed with Trump the possibility that Iran might continue to resist under US blockades and other military pressures. This could potentially extend the conflict beyond the presidential inauguration day in January 2029. The report also mentioned that senior White House officials privately acknowledged that this military conflict might drag on for several years, contradicting Trump's claims that the US had defeated Iran's military and that the Iranian regime was on the verge of surrender. On the same day, Trump told reporters that the conflict with Iran would "end immediately" after the midterm elections in November, "because they can't hold out any longer."