Read Trump’s Statement On Iran Attack | EUROtoday

U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned in an 8-minute video posted on his Truth Social that the U.S. has begun “major combat operations in Iran.” He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to succeed in U.S. and appealed to the Iranian folks to “take over your government.”

Here’s Trump’s handle in full:

A short while in the past, the United States 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 laborious, horrible folks. Its menacing actions instantly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases abroad, and our allies all through the world.

For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted Death to America and waged an never-ending marketing campaign of bloodshed and mass homicide, focusing on the United States, our troops and the harmless folks in lots of, many international locations. Among the 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 in all probability concerned with the assault on the USS Cole. Many died. Iranian forces killed and maimed lots of of American service members in Iraq. The regime’s proxies have continued to launch numerous assaults in opposition to American forces stationed within the Middle East in recent times, in addition to U.S. naval and industrial vessels and worldwide transport traces. It’s 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 Oct. 7 assaults on Israel, slaughtering greater than 1,000 harmless folks, together with 46 Americans, 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 at all times been the coverage of the United States, specifically my administration, that this terrorist regime can by no means have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say it once more, they’ll by no means have a nuclear weapon. That is why in Operation Midnight Hammer final June, we obliterated the regime’s nuclear program at Fordo, 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 didn’t wish to do it. Again they needed to do it. They didn’t wish to do it. They didn’t know what was taking place. They simply needed to follow evil. But Iran refused, simply because it has for many years and a long time.

They’ve rejected each alternative to surrender their nuclear ambitions, and we are able to’t take it anymore. Instead, they tried to rebuild their nuclear program and to proceed growing the lengthy vary missiles that may now threaten our superb pals and allies in Europe, our troops stationed abroad, and will quickly attain the American homeland. Just think about how emboldened this regime could be in the event that they ever had, and truly had been armed with nuclear weapons as a way to ship their message.

For these causes, the United States navy is enterprise 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 raze their missile business to the bottom. It will likely be completely once more obliterated. We’re going to annihilate their navy. We’re going to make sure 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 Americans. And we are going to be sure that Iran doesn’t get hold of a nuclear weapon. It’s a quite simple message. They won’t ever have a nuclear weapon.

This regime will quickly study that nobody ought to problem the power and would possibly of the United States 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 is taking each potential step to reduce the danger 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 could have casualties. That typically occurs in struggle. But we’re doing this not for now. We’re doing this for the long run. And it’s a noble mission. We pray for each service member as they selflessly threat their lives to make sure that Americans and our kids won’t ever be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran. We ask God to guard all of our heroes in hurt’s approach. And we belief that together with his assist, the women and men of the armed forces will prevail. We have the best on the earth, and they’ll prevail.

To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and all the police, I say tonight that you could lay down your weapons and have full immunity. Or within the different, face sure loss of life. So, lay down your arms. You will likely be handled pretty with complete immunity, or you’ll face sure loss of life. Finally, to the nice proud folks of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t depart your property. It’s very harmful exterior. Bombs will likely be dropping in every single place. When we’re completed, take over your authorities. It will likely be yours to take. This will likely be in all probability your solely probability for generations.

For a few years, you’ve got requested for America’s assist. But you by no means bought it. No president was keen to do what I’m keen to do tonight. Now you’ve got a president who’s supplying you with what you need. So let’s see the way you reply. America is backing you with overwhelming power and devastating drive. Now is the time to grab management of your future, and to unleash the affluent and superb future that’s shut inside your attain. This is the second for motion. Do not let it move.

May God bless the courageous women and men of America’s armed forces. May God bless the United States of America. May God bless you all. Thank you.

This story has been up to date to right “Fort Doe” to “Fordo.”