Iran Found Out the Hard Way That Trump Meant Every Word

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a stunning overnight operation ordered by President Trump, U.S. forces launched precision strikes that “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, marking what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared as the return of true American deterrence.
 

The coordinated strikes targeted three key Iranian nuclear sites, Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, in what the Pentagon described as a decisive and overwhelming success.

Speaking at a press conference Sunday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the operation, according to the Post Millenial, stating that the mission was carried out with surgical precision and avoided targeting Iranian troops or civilians.

“Thanks to President Trump’s bold and visionary leadership,” Hegseth said, “Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been obliterated.”

"American deterrence is back," Hegseth said.

The strikes come after months of warnings from President Trump, who repeatedly vowed that Iran would not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. Hegseth emphasized that Trump’s commitment to “peace through strength” was more than a slogan, it was a doctrine backed by the unmatched power of the U.S. military.

“When this President speaks, the world should listen,” Hegseth said, adding that any retaliation from Iran would be met with even greater force.

Previously, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, according to CBS, had allegedly increased efforts to monitor possible domestic sleeper cells linked to Hezbollah — a U.S. -designated foreign terrorist organization backed by Iran. U.S. officials said that the increased monitoring has been happening since Israel's Operation Rising Lion offensive began earlier in June, CBS News reported. 

In 2024, federal prosecutors charged an operative of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two U.S. -based individuals with plotting to surveil and assassinate critics of the Iranian regime.

The IRGC operative allegedly told investigators he was pushed by unnamed IRGC officials to plan an attack against President Trump.