The US president Donald Trump has said a few words on his country’s joint war with Israel on Iran during the signing of a proclamation on children’s physical fitness at the Oval Office in Washington, DC.
“We beat them very badly, now they’re reduced to little boats with machine guns on the front of them”, he said, of Iran, adding an often-repeated line on the destruction of its navy, Al Jazeera reported.
“Every single ship they had is resting underwater at the bottom of the sea”, he said.
On Iran’s nuclear programme, he said: “These are sick people, and we’re not going to let lunatics have a nuclear weapon.”
On the war a large, he said the US is doing “Well… We have beaten them badly”.
He also said the US engaged in a small military skirmish, without providing details. Yesterday, US Centcom had claimed it sunk at least six small Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz during Trump’s new “Operation Freedom”, which is designed to move ships trapped in the strait to safety.
Trump claims Iran would have “taken over the Middle East” if it had not been for the war, but now Tehran is “trying to survive”.
“We have a situation where we have total control. As you know, the blockade’s been amazing; it’s like a piece of steel. Nobody’s going to challenge the blockade, and I think it’s working out very well,” he said.
On the attack on South Korea’s vessel yesterday, Trump says that it was shot at, but it went alone and was not part of the ships that were escorted by the US.
“Iran wants to make a deal. What I don’t like about Iran is that they’ll talk to me with such great respect, and then they’ll go and tell television, ‘We did not speak to the president,'” Trump said.
“They want to make a deal, and who wouldn’t when your military is totally gone? We could do anything we want to them. Who wouldn’t?” he added.
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