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Six months on, Trump’s Iran strategy is starting to pay off
Confirmed
The goals of the operation, Trump said, were to destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions, its naval capabilities and missile industry and to ensure that Iranian proxies — including Hezbollah and Hamas — were thwarted. As days, weeks and months passed, he repeatedly said that an agreement to end the conflict was close at hand and that Iran was already defeated.
Here is a recap of notable comments Trump made in public remarks and on social media during half a year of war: What he said: “ The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.
What's confirmed
- The goals of the operation, Trump said, were to destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions, its naval capabilities and missile industry and to ensure that Iranian proxies — including Hezbollah and Hamas — were thwarted.
- Here is a recap of notable comments Trump made in public remarks and on social media during half a year of war: What he said: “ The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this ve
What's still developing
- As days, weeks and months passed, he repeatedly said that an agreement to end the conflict was close at hand and that Iran was already defeated.
- Here is a recap of notable comments Trump made in public remarks and on social media during half a year of war: What he said: “ The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent…
- The goals of the operation, Trump said, were to destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions, its naval capabilities and missile industry and to ensure that Iranian proxies — including Hezbollah and Hamas — were thwarted.