Trump says ‘big wave’ of attacks against Iran is yet to come and doesn’t rule out US strikes on the ground – live

Trump said we are already “significantly ahead” of our timing estimates.

He says he initially estimated 4–5 weeks but added that he had “the potential to go longer.”

Trump claims the objectives of the operation in Iran are “obvious.”

These include “destroying Iran’s missile capabilities” and “destroying their navy,” as well as preventing Iran from ever possessing nuclear weapons.

He further said that the country “cannot continue to arm, finance, and direct terrorist armies beyond its borders.”

Trump then cited the apparent lack of progress in diplomatic talks as justification for the attacks.

And we thought we had a deal. But then they backed off, and they came back. They backed off, even though we believed we had an agreement. I said, ‘You can’t deal with these people.’ You have to do it right.

Trump adds:

An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons—this would be an intolerable threat not only to the Middle East but also to the American people.

Our country itself would be in danger, and it was almost in danger.

“For the purpose of [Iran’s] The purpose of the rapidly expanding missile programme was to shield their nuclear weapons development and make it exceptionally difficult for anyone to stop them from developing nuclear weapons highly prohibited by us.” Trump, they say.

We were the ones who were complaining. We were the ones who wanted to stop it. But everyone was behind us. He didn’t have the courage to say this.

trump claims that Iran has ignored us. He says the warnings came even after the United States “dismantled” its nuclear program last year and “refused to stop pursuing nuclear weapons.”

He claims that Iran poses an immediate threat to US forces and the United States in the region.

The regime’s conventional ballistic missile program was growing rapidly and dramatically, and it posed a very clear, substantial threat to the United States and our forces deployed abroad.

The regime already had missiles capable of hitting Europe and our local and foreign targets and will soon have missiles capable of reaching our beautiful America.

donald trump is speaking now, he starts with a brief update on America’s attacks on Iran.

Today, the US military is waging a large-scale combat operation against Iran, he says, “to eliminate the grave threat posed to America by this terrible terrorist regime.”.

House Minority LeaderHakeem Jeffries condemned US operations in Iran in an interview with CNN today.

Jeffries said, “There is no indication that Iran has recalibrated its nuclear program. There is no indication that Iran was prepared to preemptively attack the United States or attack any of our interests in the region. And there is certainly no justification for a regime change war.”

This week, Congress is set to vote on a war powers resolution that could curb the administration’s military action in Iran.

Jeffries asserted that Article One of the Constitution clearly grants Congress the authority to declare war. “Donald Trump deliberately chose not to come before Congress, which is why we’re going to force this vote on the war powers resolution and make sure we do everything possible to stop him at this time.”

Top administrative officials briefed Congress leaders ahead of the strike on Saturday and are set to talk to them again today.

“We are witnessing the beginning of an all-out war in the Middle East,” Jeffries previously added in his CNN interview.

Please note that you can follow along with the video feed at the top of the blog.

We look forward to hearing from Donald Trump, who is scheduled to speak at the Medal of Honour ceremony in the East Room of the White House soon.

It will be the president’s first personal appearance before the media since the US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on Saturday.

He has spoken only via social media or on the phone to individual journalists since the fighting began over the weekend.

Spain has refused the US’s permission to use jointly operated military bases on its territory to attack Iran, as Madrid stepped up criticism of what it called “unfair and dangerous military intervention.”

Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has bluntly condemned the US and Israel’s “unilateral military action” against Iran, warning that it is contributing to “a more hostile and uncertain international order.” His government’s refusal to permit the US to use bases in Rota and Moron for ongoing attacks against Iran has fuelled the rebuke.

Spain’s Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, said on Monday that the government wanted “democracy, freedom, and fundamental rights for the Iranian people” but would under no circumstances allow its bases to be used in the ongoing military operation.

“I want to be very clear and absolutely clear,” he told Telecinco. The grounds will only be used for activities in agreement with the US and included in the UN Charter.

Social media footage shows a military plane falling from the sky. Kuwait.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said this on Monday: three US F-15 fighter jets flying Iran-related missions were accidentally shot down by Kuwait Air Defence in an “apparently friendly fire incident.” And the reason was under investigation.

All six aircrew ejected safely, have recovered safely, and are in a steady state, CentCom said in a statement, which you can read in full here.

In an interview with the New York Post, the President said the possibility of US troops in Iran is still on the table.

“There is no doubt in my mind about boots on the ground – as every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.'” ‘I don’t say this,’ Donald Trump told the Post. “I say, ‘Maybe they don’t need them,’ [or] ‘If they were necessary.'”

This announcement came after Pete Hegseth initially said there were no plans to keep service members on the ground in Iran but was also reluctant to say whether this was the administration’s permanent stance. “We’re not going into this exercise knowing what we will or won’t do,” he said at an earlier Pentagon press conference.

The US Embassy in Beirut has shared the following on social media:

We urge US citizens not to travel to Lebanon. If you are in the country, depart Lebanon now while commercial flight options remain available.

The security situation in Lebanon is variable and unexpected. Airstrikes have occurred throughout the country, particularly in the south, in the Beqaa region, and in parts of Beirut.

In an interview with CNN, Donald Trump said this: “The ‘big wave’ of attacks against Iran is yet to come.”

“We have not yet begun to hit them hard,” the president said.

In a nine-minute phone interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump asserted, “We’re crushing them.” “I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful. We have the largest military in the world, and we’re using it.”

Asked about the length of the war, Trump said he “doesn’t want to see it go on very long.” Earlier, his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, was aggressive with reporters and insisted he would not set any time limits for the conflict.

“I always thought it would be four weeks.” Trump informed CNN, “We’re slightly ahead of schedule.”