ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed another two to three weeks of "extremely hard" strikes against Iran, declaring that American forces were close to completing their objectives in the ongoing war.
In a televised address from the White House on the conflict since it began in late February Trump said, “over the next two to three weeks, we are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” adding that US forces would meet all their goals “very, very shortly.”
Trump argued that the United States was nearing victory despite growing domestic pressure. “We are going to finish the job, and we're going to finish it very fast. We're getting very close,” he said, reiterating claims he has made in recent public appearances and on social media.
He outlined Washington’s objectives as dismantling Iran’s military capabilities, ending its support for regional armed groups, and preventing it from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
“I'm pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” he said, adding that US forces had delivered “swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield - victories like few people have ever seen before.