US President Donald Trump has said the conflict in Iran will continue for another four to five weeks, but we have more time than that.
After Saturday’s initial attack on Iran, Trump said he warned Iran “to make no attempt to rebuild” its nuclear program.
“I’ve said it from the beginning. They’re never going to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said Monday afternoon at a Medal of Honor ceremony in his first live public statement since the attack.
He explained US current military objectives.
“First of all, we’re destroying Iran’s missile capabilities and that’s happening on an hourly basis, and you’ll see the ability to produce brand new ones and better ones that they make,” he said.
“Secondly, we’re destroying their navy. We’ve already shot down 10 ships. They’re on the bottom of the ocean. Thirdly, we’re making sure that the number one terrorist sponsor in the world can never get a nuclear weapon, never have a nuclear weapon.”
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“Our country is at stake and it is almost at stake,” he said.
“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.”
More to come.
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