“They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!” Trump posted on social media shortly after midnight in Washington.
Since the war was launched by the United States and Israel on February 28, Iran’s long-time supreme leader Ali Khamenei and numerous other top figures in Tehran have been killed.
Trump criticized media reports questioning the success of the war, saying that “people would mistakenly think we are not winning.”
He emphasized that Iran’s military “is being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump added, “We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time — watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.”
Trump’s Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, stated that the U.S. military would strike Iran more heavily on Friday than on any other day of the war so far.
“In fact, today will again see the highest volume of strikes that America has conducted over the skies of Iran and Tehran,” he said at a press conference.
