Trump defends Iran strikes after leaked Pentagon report
發佈日期: 2025-06-25 20:15
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U.S. President Donald Trump has vigorously defended the effectiveness of his aerial strikes on Iran, backing this up by saying Iran would not have agreed to a ceasefire before the weekend raids.
A leaked report suggests the strikes may have only partially disrupted, and not destroyed, Tehran's nuclear programme.
Meanwhile, the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, which Trump announced yesterday, is holding.
Pelted with questions, his ceasefire plan under pressure, President Trump unloaded: We basically have two countries (Israel and Iran) that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f*** they're doing. Do you understand that?
Trump stormed off to the NATO summit saying, probably unintentionally, both Israel and Iran had initially broken a ceasefire.
His expletive rant had the desired effect.
Since Trump's criticism, no missiles or drones fired from either side.
Not yesterday, not overnight, and this morning, clear skies.
Then, a Pentagon assessment leaked to U.S. media,suggesting his bunker busting strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities had merely put Iran's nuclear ambition back "a few months."
In a post, Trump had already slammed that story,writing some American media were using "fake news" to demean the military and Iran was not able to move materials away before the bombs were dropped.
Trump then defended the strikes again at the NATO summit: "I believe it was total obliteration. I believe they didn't have a chance to get anything out because we acted fast. It would have taken two weeks, maybe. But it's very hard to remove that kind of material. It's very hard and very dangerous for them to remove it. Plus, they knew we were coming. And if they know we're coming, they're not going to be down there.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed-up his boss: "This was Iran the way it looked before the attack and what their nuclear programme looks like now. Two very different things.They are way behind where they were just seven days ago.Now, anything in the world can be rebuilt but now we know where it is and if they try to rebuild it, we will have options there as well.
Iran has not commented on the how the U.S. attack has impacted their nuclear ambitions but clashed with Israel at a meeting at the United Nations. Iran's permanent representative condemning Israel, the U.S. and the Security Council itself.
Amir-Saeid Iravani says the "illegal" strikes on peaceful nuclear facilities set a dangerous precedent, damaged the credibility of the Security Council and weakened its role.
He was disappointed the council failed to condemn the attacks.
Israel's ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon disagreed, saying Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize as the only leader to take action. Danon said: "The IAEA has confirmed it can no longer verify the extent of Iran's program. For years, the international community spoke of resolution 2231 and the JCPOA as a framework for peace, but for Iran it was a framework for deception.
Iran retaliated against the U.S. strikes with a salvo at a military base in Qatar.
The country has not closed the Strait of Hormuz which Trump referenced in a post, saying China "can continue to purchase oil from Iran."
China could have been seriously impacted if the busy shipping lane had been shut by Iran
The U.S. asked China to prevent Iran from cutting it off before they carried out strikes.
