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The United States seems to be on its own when it comes to its joint military operation with Israel against Iran – and President Donald Trump has assured Americans that “WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”
The president’s comments come after he announced that most NATO allies are refusing to get involved with Operation Epic Fury.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO ‘Allies’ that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon,” the president fired off Tuesday morning in a Truth Social statement.
The president emphasized U.S. military progress so far in this conflict, which has dealt significant damage to the Iranian Navy, Air Force, and defense industrial base. “Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID!” President Trump added. “Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”
This comes as the United States has entered its third week of combat in the war with Iran. According to CENTCOM, the U.S. has struck over 7,000 targets and flown over 6,500 combat missions in the region. The U.S. military has also destroyed more than 100 Iranian naval vessels.
Notably, 13 U.S. servicemembers have sadly lost their lives since the onset of this conflict. According to The Guardian, CENTCOM Spokesperson Captain Tim Hawkins told the outlet that “approximately 200 US servicemembers have been wounded,” but noted that the “vast majority” of these injuries were “minor.”
The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that NATO was “very much in favor” of taking out the nuclear threat from Iran, but criticized the coalition for failing to do more to help, “despite the fact that we help them so much.”
President Trump remarked, “They don’t want to help us, which is amazing…but we don’t need help, that war has been long prosecuted as far as I’m concerned, almost from day one. We’ve knocked out many of these things. We knocked out the Navy, essentially in a couple of days.”
The president said NATO was “making a very foolish mistake” in choosing to bow out of involvement in the Middle East. “We don’t need them, but they should have been there,” the president commented.
