Trump: ‘We’ll be back’ if Iran restarts nuclear program
The president said U.S. actions have changed the region’s security landscape and predicted things will be "a lot different" in the coming years.
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, and President Donald Trump
Questioned about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s possible plans for a full military occupation of Gaza, President Donald Trump emphasized the American role in fostering stability across the region.
“We have stopped wars in the Middle East by stopping Iran from having a nuclear weapon … as soon as they start, we’ll be back,” he told reporters at the White House on Wednesday.
Trump underscored that the broader pattern of conflict hinged on the Islamic Republic’s influence, describing Iran as the “perpetrator of hate” and suggesting that American actions had changed the security landscape: “I think it’s going to be a lot different in the coming years.”
Earlier in the press Q&A, the president detailed recent U.S. actions against Iran’s nuclear ambitions, stating, “We wiped out their nuclear capacity for weapons. They would have had a weapon within two months, maybe less, and that was totally obliterated.”
He credited the U.S. military for the success, highlighting B2 bombers, precision strikes and submarine-launched Tomahawks. “That was a big threat. That was a nuclear threat,” Trump said, emphasizing the effectiveness and impact of the operation.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, the U.S. president wrote that “now that the nuclear arsenal being ‘created’ by Iran has been totally obliterated, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern countries join the Abraham Accords.
“This will insure [sic] peace in the Middle East. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” added Trump.
On Tuesday, Trump indicated that Washington regards Israel’s military decisions in Gaza as a matter for Jerusalem to decide. Asked by a reporter at the White House, “Would you support Israel … reoccupying all of Gaza as has been suggested by some Israeli officials?” the president said he was not familiar with such suggestions, adding, “I can’t really say. It will be up to Israel.”
Instead, the president emphasized the United States’ ongoing focus on humanitarian aid for Gaza, highlighting a recent $60 million aid package. He noted that both Israel and Arab states would assist in distributing food and financial support, reiterating that his current focus was addressing humanitarian needs in the region.
At Monday’s Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said he would convene the Security Cabinet later in the week “to direct the IDF how to achieve the three war objectives we have set.”
“We must continue to stand together and fight together in order to achieve the objectives of the war we have set—all of them: defeating the enemy, releasing our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will never again threaten Israel,” said the Israeli premier.
UN confirms 88% of aid trucks in Gaza looted before reaching destination
According to the U.N., it collected a total of 2,604 trucks between May 19 and Aug. 5 that entered Gaza from Israel, but 2,309 of these were intercepted “peacefully” by Arab mobs or forcefully by armed terrorists during transit in the Strip.
The U.N. Office for Project Services figures showed that over the past two months, the amount of seized humanitarian aid increased even further, with 90.7% of trucks intercepted in June and 94% in July.
The U.N. data seemed to contradict claims by its own under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Tom Fletcher, who told the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” talk show on July 29 that “the vast, vast majority of the aid that we get in gets to civilians.”
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