“Middle East Bully’s Nuke Sites Completely, Totally Obliterated”: Trump on Iran Strikes

“Middle East Bully’s Nuke Sites Completely, Totally Obliterated”: US President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Sunday, hours after American forces launched coordinated airstrikes on three of Iran's key nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Calling it a "spectacular military success", Trump said the mission had achieved its primary goal: the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capabilities.

"Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight’s was the most difficult of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal," the President said.

“Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier,” Trump said in the address to the nation.

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Confirming the strikes, US President Trump first posted on Truth Social, “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not oanother military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Appearing alongside Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump boasted of the mission's success.

"Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated," Trump said. "Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier."

The Iranians have not yet said exactly what damage the strikes, which occurred in the middle of the night, caused. We do not know the full extent of the damage.

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The bombing marked the first time since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 that the US sent troops into Iran to strike facilities inside the country.

Using "bunker buster bombs", the GBU-57A Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the US struck Fordo, Natanz, and Esfahan in the middle of the night local time.

Trump thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli forces for the “wonderful job” they’ve done during a week-long campaign to take out much of Iran’s nuclear and military capabilities, and said the Israeli operation — along with tonight’s American airstrikes — had “gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel” from the Iranian nuclear program.

He also warned Tehran that their aggression in the region and their nuclear ambitions “cannot continue” and cautioned Iranian leaders not to retaliate.

“There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal. But if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed, and skill, most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes,” he said.

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