President Trump introduced early Saturday that the U.S. was endeavor “main fight operations in Iran,” as Israel mentioned it was launching a preemptive assault on the nation. Learn a transcript of Mr. Trump’s full assertion, which he shared in a video on his Fact Social community, right here:
“A short while in the past, the US navy started main fight operations in Iran. Our goal is to defend the American folks by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very arduous, horrible folks. Its menacing actions straight endanger the US, our troops our bases abroad and our allies all through the world. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted “Loss of life to America” and waged an never-ending marketing campaign of bloodshed and mass homicide, concentrating on the US, our troops and harmless folks in lots of, many nations.
Among the many regime’s very first acts was to again a violent takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days. In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American navy personnel. In 2000, they knew and had been most likely concerned with the assault on the usCole. Many died. Iranian forces killed and maimed tons of of American service members in Iraq. The regime’s proxies have continued to launch numerous assaults towards American forces stationed within the Center East lately, in addition to U.S. naval and business vessels in worldwide transport lanes. It has been mass terror, and we’re not going to place up with it any longer.
From Lebanon to Yemen, and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, skilled and funded terrorist militias which have soaked the earth with blood and guts. And it was Iran’s proxy, Hamas, that launched the monstrous October 7 assaults on Israel, slaughtering greater than 1000 harmless folks, together with 46 People, whereas taking 12 of our residents hostage. It was brutal. One thing just like the world has by no means seen earlier than.
Iran is the world’s primary state sponsor of terror, and only recently killed tens of 1000’s of its personal residents on the road as they protested. It has all the time been the coverage of the US, specifically, my administration, that this terrorist regime can by no means have a nuclear weapon. I am going to say it once more. They’ll by no means have a nuclear weapon.
That’s the reason, in operation midnight hammer final June, we obliterated the regime’s nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
After that assault, we warned them by no means to renew their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They needed to do it. They did not wish to do it. Once more, they needed to do it. They did not wish to do it. They did not know what was occurring. They simply needed to follow evil.
However Iran refused, simply because it has for many years and many years, they rejected each alternative to surrender their nuclear ambitions, and we will not take it anymore.
As a substitute, they tried to rebuild their nuclear program and to proceed growing lengthy vary missiles that may now threaten our superb mates and allies in Europe, our troops stationed abroad, and will quickly attain the American homeland. Simply think about how emboldened this regime can be in the event that they ever had, and really had been armed with, nuclear weapons as a way to ship their message.
For these causes, the US navy is endeavor a large and ongoing operation to forestall this very depraved, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core nationwide safety pursuits. We’re going to destroy their missiles and lift their missile trade to the bottom. It will likely be completely, once more, obliterated.
We will annihilate their navy. We will be certain that the area’s terrorist proxies can not destabilize the area or the world and assault our forces and not use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they’re generally known as, to so gravely wound and kill 1000’s and 1000’s of individuals, together with many People.
And we’ll be certain that Iran doesn’t acquire a nuclear weapon. It is a quite simple message. They may by no means have a nuclear weapon.
This regime will quickly study that nobody ought to problem the power and would possibly of the US Armed Forces. I constructed and rebuilt our navy in my first administration, and there’s no navy on earth even near its energy, power or sophistication. My administration has taken each doable step to reduce the chance to U.S. personnel within the area. Even so, and I don’t make this assertion frivolously, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of brave American heroes could also be misplaced and we might have casualties. That usually occurs in warfare. However we’re doing this, not for now. We’re doing this for the longer term, and it’s a noble mission.
We pray for each service member as they selflessly threat their lives to make sure that People and our youngsters won’t ever be threatened by a nuclear armed Iran. We ask God to guard all of our heroes in hurt’s means, and we belief that, along with his assist, the women and men of the armed forces will prevail. We have now the best on the planet, and they’ll prevail.
To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and the entire police, I say tonight that you could lay down your weapons and have full immunity, or within the various, face sure dying. So lay down your arms. You’ll be handled pretty with complete immunity, or you’ll face sure dying.
Lastly, to the good, proud folks of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Keep sheltered. Do not depart your private home. It is very harmful exterior. Bombs will likely be dropping all over the place. Once we are completed, take over your authorities. It will likely be yours to take. This will likely be, most likely, your solely likelihood for generations.
For a few years, you might have requested for America’s assist, however you by no means bought it. No president was keen to do what I’m keen to do tonight. Now you might have a president who’s supplying you with what you need, so let’s examine the way you reply. America is backing you with overwhelming power and devastating pressure. Now could be the time to grab management of your future and to unleash the affluent and wonderful future that’s shut inside your attain. That is the second for motion. Don’t let it cross.
Could God bless the courageous women and men of America’s Armed Forces. Could God bless the US of America. Could God bless you all. Thanks.”
