United States President Donald Trump claimed that the Iranian regime is “no longer a threat” during an address given at White House to discuss the US's Operation Epic Fury on Wednesday evening.
Trump began the address by reaffirming the US military's success so far in decimating Iran's naval forces and ballistic missile capabilities.
“We are in this military operation so powerful, so brilliant, against one of the most powerful countries for 32 days, and the country has been eviscerated and essentially, is really no longer a threat,” he asserted.
He then asserted that he will never allow the Iranian regime to obtain a nuclear weapon, continuing that “there would have been no Middle East and no Israel” had the US not taken action against the regime’s nuclear ambitions.
“Our objectives are very simple and clear,” Trump said of Operation Epic Fury. “We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of its borders.”
“That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and their missile program at levels never seen before, and annihilating their defense industrial base,” he continued.
Trump added that due to Operation Epic Fury, the US is “on the cusp of ending Iran's threat to America and the world.”
“Tonight, every American can look forward to a day when we are free from the wickedness of Iranian aggression and the specter of nuclear blackmail," he asserted.
He then reaffirmed that he will never allow the Iranian regime to obtain a nuclear weapon, continuing that “there would have been no Middle East and no Israel” had the US not taken action against the regime’s nuclear ambitions.
Trump stated that his “first preference was always the path of diplomacy” when it came to dealing with the Iranian regime, but that the regime “continued their relentless quest for nuclear weapons and rejected every attempt at an agreement.”
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