By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
President Donald Trump addressed the world on Saturday night to hail the strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites as a ‘spectacular military success.’ Trump spoke just after 10 p.m. in the White House’s Cross Hall, flanked by Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. U.S. stealth warplanes (left) had earlier dropped six massive 30,000-pound ‘bunker buster’ bombs on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site (right). Trump warned there would be future attacks if Iran did not make peace.
President Donald Trump called Saturday’s strikes on a trio of Iranian nuclear sites a ‘spectacular military success’ and gave a stark warning to Tehran that more attacks would be coming if the regime didn’t make peace.
Trump surprised the world a little before 8 p.m. Saturday by announcing on Truth Social that he had given the go-ahead to attack Iran, using six massive 30,000-pound ‘bunker buster’ bombs and 30 Tomahawk missiles to destroy Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.
The president’s decision to join Israel on a mission to wipe out the Islamic republic’s nuclear program comes nine days after Israel first attacked.