Trump threatens: “Iran can be eliminated overnight”

US President Donald Trump held a press conference this evening (Monday) against the background of Iran’s decision to reject Trump’s proposal for a temporary ceasefire. During his remarks, Trump threatened Iran: “It can be eliminated in one night,” and claimed that “Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.” At the beginning of his remarks, the President wished a happy Easter, and referred to the operation to return the crew members of the fighter jet that were forced to land in Iran: “This is one of our best Easters, in many different ways. i can To say that from a military point of view It was one of the best.”

“We are here today to celebrate the success of one of the largest, most complex and difficult combat searches. You can call it a search and rescue mission by the military, usually when planes are shot down in war, especially when you are fighting a strong group, a bad group, you can’t really do it because you send too many … 200 men to get to one guy, it’s something that you usually don’t try as hard as you want to try, and bad things happen to one or two. In this case,

We did two, and it may not have been done before. But we did it, and we had great talent, but also a little luck.”

“We had a lot of people helping, a lot of wonderful people, and it was an honor to be involved in that,” the president continued. “This is a very historic event. This is a rescue that is very historic. It will go down in history. Late on Thursday night, an American F15 fighter jet crashed deep inside enemy territory in Iran, during Operation Enormous Rage. We are succeeding in an amazing way. At a level that no one has seen before. We can conquer the entire country.”

“The two crew members were ejected from the plane and landed alive on Iranian soil,” Trump described. “I was immediately asked to make a decision. I issued an order to the armed forces of the United States to do whatever was necessary to bring our brave warriors home. It was a dangerous decision, because we could have found ourselves with a hundred dead instead… To save one or two – this is a difficult decision to make. But in the United States military, we leave no American behind. We don’t do that. Within hours, our armed forces deployed 21 fighter jets to a hostile area. the airspace, many fly at a very low altitude, and encounter gunfire. you Uses guns when you’re flying at that height, but there are some advantages too. Full daylight over Iran for seven hours, sometimes in the face of very heavy enemy fire. We have a helicopter equipped with many bullets. It’s amazing. We only now realized how good these weapons are. These are machines that no one owns. No one owns the equipment we have. No one owns the army we have. Not even close. The strongest army in all

place in the world. By a lot.”

“The flight crews, The fighters on these planes, they took extraordinary risks to save their fellow service members. The first wave of search and rescue forces managed to locate the pilot of the F15. And he was taken out of enemy territory by a Goli Green-60 helicopter. A wonderful machine. when Our fighters faced fire at very close range. It’s amazing. When you look at the machine, what happened is that nobody got hurt. Meanwhile, the other crew member, a weapons system officer, a highly respected colonel, landed successfully. The distance from the pilot when you are traveling at such speeds, even if you leave 2 or 3 seconds later, it is kilometers, it is many kilometers because you are traveling fast. He was injured quite badly and he remains stuck in an area full of terrorists from the Revolutionary Guards, as well as surrounded militias and many local organizations.”

“On top of all that, they told the communities, actually, inside Iran, that the people in Iran had a huge incentive to find the pilot. After the danger, the officer followed his training and climbed into the dangerous mountainous terrain and started to climb to a higher altitude, which they learned to do to avoid recapture. They always want to get as far away from the shooting site as possible. They want to get away because everyone is heading directly to that site. You want to be as far away as possible… He was injured, and it was an amazing thing. He climbed a rocky cliff, bleeding visibly, he treated his wounds and contacted US forces for assistance. They have a very sophisticated bell type device that is with them all the time. And when they go on these missions, they make sure they have – there’s plenty of battery room, and they’re in good shape. And it worked really well, amazingly. He saved his life. We immediately mobilized a large-scale operation to rescue him from the mountain.”

“He held on, and kept going higher and higher. The mountain became more and more difficult and it was very difficult to find him. The second rescue mission included 155 planes, including four bombers. 64 fighters, 48 ​​refueling planes, 13 rescue planes and more. We brought them all And a lot of it was a ruse. We wanted them to think that the enemy was in a different place, because they had a huge military force there, thousands, thousands of people were searching. So we wanted them to search in different areas. So we were scattered everywhere as if we were right above them. We had seven different places where they were thinking. They were very confused. They said, ‘Wait, they have groups here. They have groups there.’ It’s an amazing thing. I listened to these great people.

“These great generals, General Kane, who is amazing, and Pete Hesseth who was amazing. But I listened to all of it, it was pretty amazing. So they had all kinds of sites where everybody thought he was. We think we have. We have them there because they have nine planes circling a small area 25 miles offshore. Thus, in a spectacular show of skill, precision, lethality and power.”

“The U.S. military went down to the area, the real area, fought the enemy, rescued the stuck officer, destroyed all threats and got out of Iranian territory without sustaining any casualties. Casualties of any kind. The heroic F15 weapons systems officer managed to avoid capture on the ground in Iran for almost 48 hours. That’s a long time when you. You’re in a tough situation and when you’re bleeding. It takes a long time. When we left, as you probably know, we had two big planes, Pretty old. We needed a lot more. More equipment came in than went out, because when we came in, we had to be able to climb mountains and we had a lot of equipment. But the sand was wet sand, so we thought there might be… there was a problem with the takeoff because of the weight of the plane. Then all the men jumped back into the planes too, and they stuck around pretty well. We had a backup plan, which was amazing.”

“The light and fast planes came, and they took them out. We blew up the old planes, and we blew them to pieces because we had equipment in the planes that, honestly, we would have liked to take, but I don’t think it was worth spending more money. Four hours there, we removed it, so we didn’t want anyone to see. We have the best equipment in the whole world, and we didn’t want anyone to check our air defense systems and the other equipment. These were big planes. There were old planes, quite old, and we blew them up. Then came faster and lighter planes, which were able to land on the sand. We needed the bigger planes because we had so much equipment.”

“We took three helicopters there. They were widely used and could not live without them. They worked amazingly. And if you saw it, you wouldn’t believe it. They got off the plane, and these guys were with them… the engines were off. They rebuilt these helicopters in less than 10 minutes. And that was one of the more amazing things. These helicopters are small, but incredibly powerful. But small, very small, so it can fit into certain areas. And they took them off the plane and rebuilt all three of them in less than, I would say, less than ten minutes. It is very amazing the genius of these people. Who would have thought of that? You would think it would take five days to build them. And in some companies, it would take five days, and they wouldn’t do it well. But they served us well. As commander-in-chief, I never…”

“Don’t forget the incredible risk of the fighters we send into battle and the genius. Think about it. To have three planes on standby because we think the sand is so bad we probably can’t take them. The planes got really stuck. The sand was, it wasn’t much for a runway. It was a farm, not a runway. It’s a farm, but it did the job. But to have an alternate plan in place would have to wait two days. Can you imagine? It was right in the middle. It was That’s right. If you were to make a film in the area where we were sitting. Those planes came and went from there. One load came out, another load came out and we said it was more impressive than the fact that we had it.”

“He had a good track or ground, but it was an amazing thing. We thank God for every one of them and for the talent. Genius is not just talent. It’s genius. It’s the whole game, every one of them. If you look at what we did with Maduro, we went into a military installation, huge with thousands of soldiers in a matter of minutes. And he lived behind iron doors. There were steel doors, we broke them. So fast. And in almost minutes, he was behind those planes. That was A similar group. We have exceptionally talented people. And if the time comes, we will do everything to bring them home.

We will bring our people home safely. I want to thank all members of the United States Armed Forces involved in these historic operations. They really were historic. It’s not something you just do. And you will understand it. Not that they don’t want to do it. But when you go into these areas, when you look at these helicopters, when you see the amount of bullets and everything they took, when you go into these areas, you don’t come out like we did. God was with us, I tell you. These are two remarkable rescues because it was difficult, and as you probably know, we didn’t talk about the first one for an hour and then someone… something who will hopefully find the leaker we’re desperately looking for. They talked about someone missing, they said we had one and there was someone missing, well, they didn’t. Iran, published a significant announcement – you all saw it – offering something very big… a reward to be given to anyone who catches the pilot. So, in addition to a hostile army, very talented, very good, very bad, we had millions of people trying to win the prize. When you add that, we have to find the leaker because this is a sick person. Apparently he didn’t realize how bad it was. I can’t imagine the man understood, but we’ll find out. It concerns national security.”

During the question phase, Trump said: “We cannot allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. We are dealing with people who are much less extreme and more intelligent. There has been a regime change. The Iranian citizens ask us to continue bombing. They want freedom, and they live in a violent world.” During his remarks, the price of oil soared, so that the price of a barrel of Crude oil jumped to about $114, and the price of a barrel of Brent oil traded around $110.

Trump: “What about ‘Guys for Iran?’ They killed all the guys, they threw them off the roofs. The Iranian people must rise up against the regime if a ceasefire is announced.” In addition, he said of the negotiations that the US “in contacts with the Iranian leadership, it is going well. I can find out that we have willing and active partners on the other side. I can’t say more than that.” The president even attacked former President Obama: “Choose Iran over Israel. If you’re a Jew in New York or anywhere else in the US and you vote for the Democrats – it’s unbelievable.”

Trump to a New York Times reporter: “We will never allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. These are disturbed and sick people. You can tell that to your friends at the New York Times.” He also said: “This is a critical time. They (the Iranians) have until tomorrow at 8 p.m. (East Coast time). We’ll see what happens. They’re negotiating, we think in good faith, we’ll find out. After tomorrow at 8 p.m. they won’t have bridges, power plants – the Stone Age.”

Trump: “We have a plan according to which every bridge in Iran will be destroyed by 12 midnight tomorrow, every power plant will be bombed by 12 midnight. It will happen within 4 hours if we want. We don’t want that to happen. Do I want to destroy their infrastructure? No.”

Trump: “The Strait of Hormuz is a big priority. We can bomb them very hard, but to close the strait you need one terrorist with mines. You can only do it if you said you were laying mines. The Iranians are living in hell. 47 years of that is enough. They have been at their weakest point ever since. The biggest difficulty in negotiations is that they can’t communicate. They communicate like they did 2,000 years ago. I just want a peaceful world.”

“I am very disappointed in NATO. This is a stain on NATO that will never be erased for me. I told them that I would be happy for some help, and they told me that they would rather wait for us to win.” He also said: “101 missiles were aimed at the aircraft carrier Lincoln – 101 missiles were intercepted.”

US Defense Minister Hesseth also spoke, saying that today “the largest volume of attacks since the first day of the operation in Iran” will be recorded. Hesseth referred to the operation and said that The pilot’s message when he finally managed to send a message was simple – God is good.

Hesseth also said: “The Iranians are still asking themselves, ‘How did the Americans do it?’ The first rescue operation was lightning fast – boldly and in broad daylight. It was approved in less than two hours. According to the president’s directive, today will be the biggest day of attacks since the first day, and tomorrow even more than today. And Iran has a choice – choose wisely because this president does not play games.”

During the day, Iran responded to Trump’s proposal, and demanded the end of the war, in addition to control of Hormuz, the restoration of the country and the removal of sanctions. Immediately after the publication of the requirements, Trump responded: “This is an important step, but not good enough. The war is about one thing – the nuclear weapon.”

Trump is being attacked in Iran: “He has lost control”

An Iranian security official told CNN: Tehran clarified its position that the Strait of Hormuz “will not return to its previous state, unless the war is stopped permanently. Even after a complete cessation of attacks against Iran, the opening of the Strait will only be possible within the framework of a protocol that will be linked to the extent of the other side’s full compliance with its obligations.”

He claimed that “Iran has no trust in Trump or his representatives, and has made additional demands for guarantees. Iran wants the war to end – but not in the way or on the schedule that Trump is asking for.”

Regarding Trump, the Iranian source said that “Iran inflicted a strategic defeat on Trump and that the escalation in his rhetoric towards the Iranians reflects a loss of control over the management of the conflict. Trump’s military failure, in coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in southern Isfahan, was a strategic failure, and the increase in his insults and offensive language towards the Iranian people shows that he has lost control over the management of the war.”