U.S. President says the conflict in is projected to go on for another “four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that.”
Since Saturday’s initial attack in Iran, Trump said he has warned Iran “to not make any attempt to rebuild” its nuclear program.
“I said that from the beginning: they’re never going to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said Monday afternoon at the Medal of Honor ceremony in his first live public remarks since the attack.
He also outlined the current U.S. military objectives.
“First, we’re destroying Iran’s missile capabilities, and you see that happening on an hourly basis and their capacity to produce brand new ones and pretty good ones they make,” he said.
“Second, we’re annihilating their navy. We’ve knocked out already 10 ships. They’re at the bottom of the sea. Third, we’re ensuring that the world’s number-one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon, never going to have a nuclear weapon.”
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He also stated that “our country itself would be under threat, and it was very nearly under threat.”
“We thought we had a deal, but then they backed out and they came back and we thought we had a deal and they backed out. I said, you can’t deal with these people. You’ve got to do it the right way.”
appeared to target the home of Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in downtown Tehran. He was by U.S. strikes in central Tehran that same day.
“This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday.
Trump first said the was intended to ensure Tehran does not obtain a nuclear weapon, and aimed at “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.” He urged Iranians to shelter because “bombs will be dropping everywhere.”
Currently, Global Affairs Canada has reported that 85k Canadians are in the Middle East; with 2,921 Canadians in Iran, 6,006 Canadians in Israel and 438 registered in the Palestinian territories.
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