Name: Trump says Iran war could last beyond a month as he lays out objectives | Special Report
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Appreciate it, and thank everybody for being here.

So before we begin this important ceremony, and

there's no ceremony that can be much more important than this, let me provide a brief update on Operation Epic Fury.

The United States military continues to carry out large scale combat operations in Iran to eliminate the grave threats posed to America by this terrible terrorist regime.

Following our obliteration of Iran's nuclear program in Operation Midnight Hammer a short while ago, we warned Iran not to make any attempt to rebuild at a different location because they were unable to use the ones that we so powerfully blew up.

But they ignored those warnings and refused to cease their pursuit of nuclear weapons.

In addition, the regime's conventional ballistic missile program was growing rapidly and dramatically, and

this posed a very clear, colossal threat to America and our forces stationed overseas.

The regime already had missiles capable of hitting Europe and our bases, both local and overseas, and

would soon have had missiles capable of reaching our beautiful America.

The purpose of this fast growing missile program was to shield their nuclear weapon development and make it extraordinarily difficult for anyone to stop them from making these highly forbidden by US Nuclear weapons.

They just didn't have the courage to say so.

An Iranian regime armed with long range missiles and nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat to the Middle east, but

Our country itself would be under threat, and it was very nearly under threat.

I was very proud to have knocked out the Iran nuclear deal by President Barack Hussein Obama.

That was a horrible, horrible, dangerous document.

They would have had nuclear weapons three years ago and they would have used them.

For almost 47 years, this regime has been attacking the United States and killing Americans.

Every time you see someone with missing arms and legs or a face that's been absolutely shattered violently, it was almost certainly caused by an Iran roadside bomb.

They were put there by General Soleimani, who was the father of the roadside bomb.

This was our last best chance to strike what we're doing right now and eliminate the intolerable threats posed by this sick and sinister regime.

First, we're destroying Iran's missile capabilities, and

you see that happening on an hourly basis and their capacity to produce brand new ones and pretty good ones they make.

Third, we're ensuring that the world's number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon.

They're never going to have a nuclear weapon.

They were on the road to getting one legitimately through a deal that was signed foolishly by our country.

And finally, we're ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and

direct terrorist armies outside of their borders.

then they backed out and they came back and we thought we had a deal, and

I said, you can't deal with these people.

Today we grieve for the four heroic American servicemembers who have been killed in action and send our love and support to their families in their memory.

We continue this mission with ferocious, unyielding resolve to crush the threat this terrorist regime poses to the American people.

We have the strongest and most powerful by far military in the world, and we will easily prevail.

We're already substantially ahead of our time projections.

Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks, but

we have capability to go far longer than that.

Whatever somebody said today, they said, oh, well, if the president wants to do it really quickly after that, he'll get bored.

Mr. General, there's nothing boring about it.

Somebody actually said from the media, I think he'll get bored after about a week or two.

If I got bored, I wouldn't be standing here right now.

We also projected four weeks to terminate a military leadership.

And as you know, that was done in about an hour.

So we're ahead of schedule there by a lot.

But please join me in thanking every American service member who bravely is standing in harm's way.

We have a lot of great service members here with us, too.

We're adding onto the building a little bit.

When that comes down right now you see a very, very deep hole.

But in about a year and a half from now, you're going to see a very, very beautiful building.

And there's your entrance to it right there.

In fact, it looks so nice, I don't think I'll even.

I think I'll save money in the doors because it can't get more beautiful than that.

I always like gold, but I think we can save a lot of money.