Washington:On February 28, US President Donald Trump gave his first major speech to the nation since the conflict with Iran began. He said that American forces had dealt a "decisive" blow to Iran's military capabilities. He said that the United States would "finish the job" soon, making it clear that the main goals were almost reached. He says that the goal of the campaign is to destroy Iran's missile and Navy infrastructure, make its regional proxies weaker, and make sure it doesn't get a nuclear weapon.
"US is not after Iran's resources"Trump said again that the attack was not motivated by Iran's oil wealth or natural resources. Instead, he said, it was necessary to protect partners in the region. "We are now completely free of the Middle East, but we are still there to help." We don't need to be there. We don't need their oil. "We don't need anything they have," he said. Trump went on to say that the main reason for the deployment is to help America's allies.
The President also tried to calm people down about the rising prices of oil and gas around the world that were caused by the problems at the Strait of Hormuz. He said that his "drill baby, drill" approach had helped strengthen American energy reserves and that the country now produces more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. He also talked about how there is a lot of energy in the US.
Trump on Iran's armyTrump said from the historic Cross Hall at the White House that "Operation Epic Fury" had greatly weakened Iran's ability to make weapons. He said that the country's ability to use missiles and drones had been "dramatically curtailed" and that its weapons plants and launch systems were being destroyed in large numbers. The Associated Press (AP) said that independent evaluations do not support his claim that "Iran has been essentially decimated." Trump said again that "Iran has been essentially decimated" and that it "should be easy" for other countries to secure the Strait of Hormuz. But data from outside observers does not back up this claim.
Here are the ten most important things Trump said:"Iran's ability to fight at sea and in the air has been slowly taken apart. Its navy is gone, its air force is in ruins, and most of its leaders, who were terrorists, are now dead. There has been a change in government, and all of their old leaders are gone. The new group is not as extreme."Revolutionary Guard Corps is being destroyed right now. They can't launch missiles and drones as easily as they used to be able to, and their weapons factories and rocket launchers are being destroyed, leaving very few behind. Never before in the history of war has an enemy lost so many troops and equipment so quickly and clearly. The United States is winning more than ever before.""The goal of the US mission is to stop Iran from being able to support terrorist groups and stop them from making a nuclear bomb. Our military has been amazing. I'm happy to say that these main strategic goals are almost done."We will keep going until we reach our goals." We are going to hit them hard over the next two to three weeks. We'll take them back to the Stone Age."We are keeping an eye on important goals. If there is no deal, we will attack their power plants. We haven't hit their oil yet, but we could, and they can't do anything about it. We're unstoppable."Many Americans are worried about the recent rise in gas prices here at home. This short-term rise is completely due to the Iranian government carrying out crazy terrorist attacks on commercial oil tankers and countries next door that have nothing to do with the conflict. This is more proof that Iran should never have nuclear weapons. They will use them, and they will use them fast. It would cause decades of extortion, economic pain, and instability that we can't even begin to imagine."There is no other country like us in the world, and we are in great shape for the future." The United States doesn't get much oil through the Hormuz Strait, and it won't get any more in the future. And the countries that get oil through the Hormuz Strait need to take care of that passage."I ended Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, which I thought was a disaster. They kept trying to get nuclear weapons. If that deal had gone through, Iran would have had a huge nuclear arsenal, and the world would be very different now. There would have been no Middle East and no Israel right now, in my opinion, had I not ended it.""Prices of stocks will quickly rise again. To be honest, they haven't come down very much. They went down a little, but the last few days have been very good for them. We have done a lot better than I thought we would, but we had to go on that little trip."Our economy is strong and getting better every day. Soon it will be roaring back like never before." It will be higher than it was a month ago.READ MORE