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During his address to the nation on Wednesday night, President Donald J. Trump gave updates regarding the U.S. military’s progress in fighting the Iran war, and when the conflict may end.
“Our objectives are very simple and clear: we are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders. That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed. Hurting their air force and their missile programs at levels never seen before, and annihilating their defense industrial base,” he announced at the White House.
“We’ve done all of it. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their missiles are just about used up or beaten. Taken together these actions will cripple Iran’s military, crush their ability to support terrorist proxies, and deny them the ability to build a nuclear bomb.”
The president then noted that these objectives are now “nearing completion.”
“As we celebrate this progress, we think especially of the 13 American warriors who have laid down their lives in this fight to prevent our children from ever having to face a nuclear Iran,” he said.
“We salute them, and now we must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives,” he continued. “The loved ones said, please, sir, please finish the job—every one of them—and we are going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast!”