WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said the United States and Israel were “winning very decisively” in the ongoing military campaign against Iran and suggested the conflict could end within days, as he defended the scale of recent strikes and warned Tehran against threatening global energy supplies.
Speaking at a press conference at Trump National Doral Miami, Trump described the joint operation — named Operation Epic Fury — as one of the most extensive military campaigns in recent years.
“Over the past nine days, we've carried out some of the most powerful and complex military strikes and maneuvers the world has ever seen, ” Trump said.
The president claimed the campaign had significantly degraded Iran’s military capabilities, including its naval forces, drone infrastructure, and missile launch systems.
“We've wiped every single force in Iran out very completely. Most of Iran's naval power has been sunk. It's at the bottom of the sea, ” he said.
Trump said nearly 50 Iranian naval vessels had been destroyed. “It's almost 50 ships. I was just notified. It's 51 ships.”