Reports about Donald Trump being confused and baffled have been growing increasingly common in recent weeks, and now there’s another one.
According to The Daily Beast, Trump made multiple contradictory comments on Monday, including “conflicting claims about the ceasefire and whether Vice President JD Vance would lead a new round of peace talks… As the war entered another day, the 79-year-old president struggled to keep his plans straight, adding to confusion about where things stand.”
Trump appeared to tell different publications contradictory things about whether Vance would lead peace talks in Pakistan.
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“The tenuous ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was also due to expire on Tuesday evening,” the Beast report said. “But it has since been extended to Wednesday night, with the White House not ruling out a further extension—although Trump says this is ‘highly unlikely’ if a deal is not reached before then.”
He also contradicted his own Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, who had claimed that gas prices shouldn’t be expected to drop quickly, even if the war ends, while Trump said that they will drop in the short term.
This follows a Wall Street Journal story, published last week, about the president’s erratic behavior behind the scenes, against the backdrop of the war.
“Aides fielded calls from Republican senators and Christian leaders. They asked, why would he say “Praise be to Allah” on Easter? Why would he use the F-word?
Trump swears profusely in private but usually calibrates it in public and on social media.”https://t.co/ZUdFjsDYqT
— Oren Kessler (@OrenKessler) April 19, 2026
“A president who thrives on drama is bringing an even more intense version of his unorthodox, maximalist approach to a new situation—fighting a war. He is veering between belligerent and conciliatory approaches and grappling behind the scenes with just how badly things could go wrong,” the Journal story said. “At the same time, the president sometimes loses focus, spending time on the details of his plans for the White House ballroom or on midterm fundraisers—and telling advisers he wants to shift to other topics.”
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