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Talking to a crowd of supporters in Iowa on Thursday evening, President Donald Trump introduced that the navy flight crew that launched the strikes on Iran’s nuclear services will likely be honored on the White Home on Independence Day.
Trump mentioned that he took subject with early media reviews suggesting that the strikes on Iran solely partially broken the targets as a result of he thought of it an insult to the “nice” American navy members who executed the mission.
“Bear in mind when CNN mentioned it wasn’t obliterated? It was perhaps broken or broken badly, however obliterated is just too sturdy a phrase. No, it was obliterated. That is now been confirmed,” mentioned Trump.
“They have been attempting to demean me by saying that, however they have been actually demeaning these nice pilots and other people and mechanics that acquired these planes over there and have been in a position to shoot from excessive up within the air, going very, very quick, with probably lots of issues being shot at them, and hit each single one,” he mentioned. “They’re attempting to demean me, however to me, they have been demeaning them. And so they acquired out of the aircraft, and so they mentioned, ‘What? We hit each single goal.’ They know higher than anyone.”
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President Donald Trump introduced that the navy flight crew that launched the strikes on Iran’s nuclear services will likely be honored on the White Home on Independence Day. (Reuters and Maxar Applied sciences by way of AP)
“These folks did one of many best navy hits and maneuvers within the historical past of our nation, and I would like them to be appreciated for it,” the president went on. “So, they’re coming. They’re coming to the White Home tomorrow evening.”
“They’ll be in Washington tomorrow on the White Home, and we’ll be celebrating.”
Trump mentioned the White Home will host not solely the pilots, however the whole flight crew, together with “the folks that flew the opposite planes” and “the mechanics that had these planes going for 37 hours and not using a cease.”
“China, Russia, they have been all watching. Everyone was watching,” he mentioned. “We’ve the best tools wherever on this planet. We’ve the best folks wherever on this planet, and we’ve the strongest navy wherever on this planet.”
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A map of the U.S. strikes on Iran. (Fox Information)
Throughout his tackle on Thursday, Trump additionally claimed that Iran known as forward of their retaliatory strike on the U.S. navy base in Qatar to clear the assault with the White Home.
“They known as me to inform me they should take a shot at us. This was Iran. Very respectful. Meaning they respect us as a result of we dropped 14 bombs. They mentioned we would wish to take 14 pictures at you. I mentioned, ‘Go forward, I perceive,’” he mentioned.
“They mentioned the place they’d do it. I mentioned, ‘Good.’ We emptied out the fort. It was a ravishing navy base in Qatar who handled us actually fantastically nicely,” he mentioned.
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President Donald Trump speaks on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. Trump intends to put out his plans to have a good time the nation’s 250th anniversary, along with emphasizing his bid to codify tax, immigration and welfare reforms in Congress. (Photographer: Scott Morgan/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)
Trump claimed that Iran went as far as to ask what time of day can be acceptable for his or her retaliatory strike.
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“They mentioned, ‘Sir, is 1:00 okay?’ I mentioned it was positive, [they said], ‘We might make it later.’ And we had no one however 4 gunners,” he mentioned. “So, unexpectedly, they mentioned, ‘We’re prepared.’ And so they have been just a little nervous about doing it. I wish to inform, you’ll be able to you think about, they have been good sufficient – that is Iran – to name me and inform me that they wish to shoot me at 14 instances, so that they wish to shoot us. And I mentioned, go forward. And so they shot 14 excessive grade, very quick missiles each single one in every of them was shot down routinely by these 4 unbelievable gunmen. And so they did their job. And that was the top of that.”
