President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States completed a "very successful" strike against Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, saying that Iran’s nuclear enrichment installations have been "obliterated." (Fox News)
Trump also slammed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who declared victory over Israel on Thursday. Trump countered Khamenei's claims and said that he had spared Khamenei from death.
"I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life," Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Friday. "I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH, and he does not have to say, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!’"
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"I wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR. PEACE!!!" Trump said.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (L), accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R), takes a question from a reporter during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the U.S., Israel and Iran's Foreign Ministry have all said that the three nuclear sites that U.S. forces struck have encountered massive damage.
According to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the FBI is conducting an investigation to get to the bottom of the matter and who shared the document with the media.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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