On Wednesday, President Trump revealed that Israeli operatives were dispatched to Iran’s bombed nuclear site to confirm what he labeled a “complete erasure.” He further alleged that Tehran acted swiftly to remove uranium from the site following the strike.
Trump asserted that the attack had effectively dismantled Iran’s nuclear capabilities, claiming it set the program back by decades. However, preliminary assessments that leaked suggested that Iran could potentially recover its program within just a few months.
“I understand Israel is reporting this now, and they mentioned it was a complete erase,” Trump stated during a press conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands.
He elaborated, saying, “They know that people were going there after the strike, and they said it was a complete expungement. I believe it is a complete expungement.”
He further contended that Iran had no opportunity to evacuate enriched uranium before the military launched an attack on three specific sites with large bunker-buster bombs.
“They had no chance to get anything because we acted quickly; if it had taken two weeks, maybe,” he remarked. “If they knew we were coming, they wouldn’t have been there.”
Trump claimed the military action significantly reversed Iran’s nuclear ambitions, calling the impact equivalent to sending the program back “basically decades.”
This statement followed after the White House dismissed a classified Defense Intelligence Agency damage assessment that suggested Iran could restore its nuclear program sooner than initially thought.
He criticized the leaked “rating,” describing it as inaccurate and suggesting it had been classified as “top secret” before making its way to CNN through an unnamed individual in the intelligence community.
Moreover, a spokesperson emphasized that the leaked ratings were a blatant attempt to undermine President Trump and the pilots who executed what she described as a comprehensive mission designed to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program. “Everyone knows what happens when you drop 14 30,000-pound bombs entirely on your target,” she concluded.
