US President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday and offered an update on the war in Iran. Addressing the nation, he said Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is in ruins, and their leaders—most of them—and the terrorist regime they led are now dead. He added that Iran’s command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated and their their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed.
Trump says never in history of warfare has any enemy suffered such losses
Trump said, "As we speak this evening, it's been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world's number one state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past 4 weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield—victories like few people have ever seen before." He adds, "Tonight, Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is in ruins, and their leaders—most of them—and the terrorist regime they led are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed, and their weapons factories and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces, with very few of them left. Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large-scale losses in a matter of weeks."
Addressing the nation, he said, "...Before discussing the current situation, I also want to thank our troops for the masterful job they did in taking the country of Venezuela in a matter of minutes. That hit was quick, lethal, violent, and respected by everyone all over the world. After rebuilding our military during my first term, we have by far the strongest military anywhere in the world." He adds, "Now we're working along with Venezuela and are, in a true sense, joint venture partners. We're getting along incredibly well in the production and sale of massive amounts of oil and gas—the second largest reserves on Earth after the United States of America. We're now totally independent of the Middle East, and yet we are there to help. We don't have to be there. We don't need their oil. We don't need anything they have, but we're there to help, or out."
Trump added that the enemies are losing in America as it has been for 5 years under his presidency and now winning bigger than ever before.
Why Trump terminated Obama's Iran nuclear deal?
Trump said he terminated Barack Obama's Iran nuclear deal which was a disaster. “Obama gave them $1.7 billion in cash... in an attempt to buy their respect and loyalty, but it didn't work. They laughed at our president and went on with their mission to have a nuclear bomb. His Iran deal would have led to a colossal arsenal of massive nuclear weapons for Iran. They would have had them years ago, and they would have used them. It would have been a different world. There would have been no Middle East and no Israel right now, in my opinion, and the opinion of a lot of great experts." He adds, "Had I not terminated that terrible deal, I was so honoured to do it... It was so bad right from the beginning. Essentially, I did what no other president was willing to do. They made mistakes, and I am correcting them."
I did many things to stop quest for nuclear weapons by Iran: Trump
Saying that the situation has been going on for 47 years, he said it should have been handled long before he arrived in office. “I did many things during my two terms in office to stop the quest for nuclear weapons by Iran first. And perhaps, most importantly, I killed General Qassem Soleimani in my first term. He was an evil genius, a brilliant person, a horrible human being; however. The father of the roadside bomb. And he lived just horribly, what he did. Iran would have been perhaps in a far better, stronger position. Had he lived, we would have had probably a different conversation tonight, but you know what? We'd still be winning and winning big."
The address of the Trump comes amid rising oil prices, volatile financial markets and polling showing many Americans feel the US military has gone too far in Iran - even as more American troops move into the region for a possible ground offensive.
Trump opted not to deliver such an address closer to when the US and Israel first launched attacks four-and-a-half weeks ago, and questions now remain about whether it is now too late for what he says to break through.
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