Deepa Shivaram

Trump gave remarks at an Easter event at the White House on Wednesday.

It was closed to the press, but the video was streamed live on the White House YouTube page.

The president was candid in his remarks about Iran and said it was the federal government's job to take care of military security, not daycare.

Because the United States can't take care of daycare.

That has to be up to a state.

We can't take care of daycare.

The war is now in its fifth week.

The White House did not respond to requests for comment on why the video of Trump's speech was deleted.

Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.

Yeah, well, the president wasn't very specific in his remarks, but he said the war was ending shortly and provided a two to three week timeline on that, which is something he said before.

He said Iran was completely decimated militarily and economically.

And for most of his remarks, he explained why Iran was a threat.

He said it would be intolerable if Iran had a nuclear weapon.

And he said U.S.

involvement in Iran was an investment in the future.

I think it's important to point out that this was Trump's first formal address to the nation about this war.

And five weeks in, his message on what the U.S.

was doing in Iran, what the plan was, how long it would take, it's all been kind of muddled.

Polling shows that this war is unpopular with Americans.

And the war has also led to a sharp increase in gas prices, which has been politically difficult for Trump and Republicans heading into the midterm elections in six months.