Transcript form President Donald J. Trump’s press conference Saturday night, June 21, 2025
Thank you very much.
A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive, precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime. Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.
Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.
Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not. Future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier.
For 40 years, Iran has been saying. Death to America, death to Israel. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We lost over 1,000 people and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East, and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate in particular. So many were killed by their general, Qassim Soleimani. I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue.
Many breathe a sigh of relief and claim victory now that Iran’s nuclear facilities have been irreparably damaged. Proclamations that the world is a safer place may be true on one level but let’s not fool ourselves; Israel is not done with this war, and it remains a multi-faceted and evolving situation. Iran’s threat of retaliation remains a concern as is Russia’s alignment with Iran.The polarized narratives that surface attack the whole purpose of this operation. At this time the situation’s complexity demands vigilance by Israeli and American military forces, as miscalculations could spiral into a broader war.