CNN delivers 'breaking news' update - and it's a huge blow for Donald Trump

A presenter on CNN has picked holes in a promise from Donald Trump - and explained how history has shown there's a good chance he won't keep it. The news show halted for breaking news as it was announced that the politician had said he would make a decision "in the next two weeks" over whether the United States would get directly involved in the Israel-Iran conflict.

However, newsreader Brianna Keilar pointed out that Trump often uses two weeks as a timescale, as she claimed he says it "all of the time" as a "verbal crutch". She told the audience: "He says he is going to make a decision about what to do here within the next two weeks. We do just need to be clear here, that would ordinarily be quite a deadline but the President says two weeks all of the time. It's really just this verbal crutch that he uses that he often doesn't mean, so it's hard to know exactly what he means here. He's used it recently when talking about Ukraine and what to do about Ukraine and Putin saying 'it's going to be in two weeks'. All the way back to the beginning of his term, whether it was a health care plan to replace Obamacare or his infrastructure plan."

She added: "Some of these two-week promises never happen. Some of them do, but not within two weeks. He makes a lot of these fortnight references so this is really tricky as we try to process this."

A further report on the news channel showed a montage of just how many times Trump has promised to deliver within two weeks.

The reporter noted: "President Trump has actually put forth a two-week timeline so frequently that it is tough to fit many of the instances on the screen all at the same time."

It comes as Trump is under significant pressure domestically not to get involved in Iran. Within his own MAGA coalition, there are influencers, politicians, and media personalities who are lining up in criticism of involvement in the conflict.

However, a two-week window will allow space to better prepare for any strike and mitigate against some of the risks of US involvement. The potential two-week window also allows for more time for a 'day after' plan.

"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," he said in a statement issued through White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.