WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump did not equivocate in his first live address to Americans about the war in Iran.
“We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran,” he said in a prime-time speech from the White House on Wednesday. “They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way.”
He added: “Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force.”
His certitude is now colliding with the uncertainty of war.
The American fighter jet that was shot down in Iran on Friday was a searing reminder of the dangers associated with war, prompting a search operation that resulted in the rescue of one crew member. Another U.S. aircraft was hit by Iranian air defenses, Iranian state media reported, days after Trump said Iran had “no anti-aircraft equipment.”
