Sean Davis@seanmdav
BREAKING: In a national address from the White House, Trump announces that the key military and strategic objectives of the U.S. in Iran have largely been achieved.
“We are going to finish the job, and finish it very fast,” Trump said.
Iran responded to Operation Midnight Hammer last June by attempting to reconstitute its nuclear program at different locations, Trump added.
Trump noted that Iran’s Navy and Air Force are “absolutely destroyed” and its leadership is mostly dead. Trump said the Iranian “defense-industrial” complex has been “annihilated” and is incapable of developing nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles capable of endangering the U.S.
Trump also predicted that gas prices, which soared after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, would soon return to pre-war levels. He also said he believes the Strait of Hormuz will naturally open once Iran understands it cannot exist economically without free tanker travel.
Trump predicted that U.S. military involvement will end in two to three weeks.
“Iran is really no longer a threat,” Trump said.