President Trump, alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President JD Vance, addressed the nation on Saturday to announce the results of his airstrike on the Ford nuclear facilities in Iran.
The President spoke for approximately four minutes.
During his speech, the President threatened that “there will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days.” He continued, “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.”
The President also posted on Truth Social moments ago:
ANY RETALIATION BY IRAN AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE MET WITH FORCE FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS WITNESSED TONIGHT. THANK YOU! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
President Trump on Saturday evening announced that the U.S. had dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran.
“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 another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Many worry that this will further involve us in a conflict in the Middle East that is not our fight. One thing is for sure: The warmongers like RINO Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are happy.
As the Gateway Pundit reported, Graham wasted no time in cheering the news that Trump had taken his advice and bombed Iranian sites.
Many real Americans, however, worry this could be Iraq 2.0.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to everyday Americans who are concerned about U.S. involvement in Israel’s war being a departure from the campaign promises Trump ran on. Leavitt emphasized the “peace through strength foreign policy agenda” that led to world peace in the President’s first term, putting it very simply: “Trust in President Trump.”
Let’s hope he made the right decision.
Already, he is facing backlash from some on the right.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said the move was “not constitutional.”
This is not Constitutional. https://t.co/EU3fS5jcwb
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 21, 2025
Candace Owens called the move “utterly derranged,” pointing out the $100 million the President’s campaign received from Israeli philanthropist Miriam Adelson.
“A full payload of bombs was dropped” followed by “now is the time for peace”.
Utterly deranged.
If we had raised the 100 million Adelson gave him on Go Fund Me, maybe he would have kept his promises.
Guess we’ll never know. https://t.co/cU86qT15DY
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) June 22, 2025
President Trump maintained that it was a “spectacular” success and that it was justified because “hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate.”
“I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue,” he said, pointing to his first term assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
WATCH:
Trump: Thank you very much. A short time ago, the US military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.
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. For 40 years, Iran has been saying, “Death to America,” “Death to Israel.” They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We lost over 1,000 people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate. In particular, so many were killed by their General, Qasem Soleimani. I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue.
I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they’ve done, and most importantly, I want to congratulate the great American patriots who flew those magnificent machines tonight and all of the United States military on an operation the likes of which the world has not seen in many, many decades. Hopefully we will no longer need their services in this capacity. I hope that’s so. I also want to congratulate the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan “Razin” Kane, spectacular general, and all of the brilliant military minds involved in this attack. With all of that being said, This cannot continue. 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. There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight. Not even close. There has never been a military that could do what took place just a little while ago. Tomorrow, General Caine, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will have a press conference at 8am at the Pentagon. And I want to just thank everybody, and in particular, God. I want to just say we love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them. God bless the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.
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