President Donald Trump’s “important update” on the war in Iran ended up being more of a belated sales pitch as he sought Wednesday night to rally support from American voters for a conflict he started more than a month ago.
In a roughly 20-minute address, Trump cast the US’ attack as payback for nearly a half-century of violence by Iran and its proxies, arguing that the nation could not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
He touted the military progress that the US has made over the last several weeks, describing the weeks of bombing as “victories like few people have ever seen before.” And he pleaded for patience, calling the war an…