Trump Addresses Nation On 'spectacular Military Success' Of Us Strikes On Iranian Nuclear Facilities

President Donald Trump addressed nan federation conscionable aft 10 p.m. Eastern Time pursuing nan U.S. military's successful strikes connected a trio of Iranian atomic facilities. 

"A short clip ago, nan U.S. subject carried retired monolithic precision strikes connected nan 3 cardinal atomic accommodation successful nan Iranian regime: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan. Everybody heard those names for years arsenic they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our nonsubjective was nan demolition of Iran's atomic enrichment capacity, and a extremity to nan atomic threat posed by nan world's number 1 authorities sponsor of terror. Tonight, I tin study to nan world that nan strikes were a spectacular subject success," he said. 

"For 40 years, Iran has been saying, ‘death to America. Death to Israel.’ They person been sidesplitting our people, blowing disconnected their arms, blowing disconnected their legs pinch roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We mislaid complete a 1000 group and hundreds of thousands passim nan Middle East and astir nan world person died arsenic a nonstop consequence of their dislike successful particular," Trump continued. 

Trump's reside followed him announcing conscionable connected Thursday – via his property caput Karoline Leavitt – that he would make a determination connected whether to onslaught Iran wrong a two-week period. 

"I person a connection straight from nan president, and I quote, 'based connected nan truth that there's a important chance of negotiations that whitethorn aliases whitethorn not return spot pinch Iran successful nan adjacent future, I will make my determination whether aliases not to spell wrong nan adjacent 2 weeks,'" Leavitt said astatine a White House briefing quoting Trump.

Trump has many times urged Iran to make a woody connected its atomic programme earlier striking its atomic facilities, but nan state pulled retired of ongoing talks pinch nan U.S. scheduled for June 15 successful Oman and refused to return to nan array successful nan days following. Israel preemptively ordered strikes connected Iran connected June 12 arsenic Israeli intelligence indicated Iran's atomic programme was quickly progressing. 

TRUMP DECLARES 'VERY SUCCESSFUL ATTACK' ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AS US FORCES STRIKE 3 KEY SITES

President Donald Trump connected June 15, 2025 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump announced connected Saturday evening via a Truth Social post, which was not preceded by media leaks, that nan U.S. had carried retired 3 successful attacks. Fox News' Sean Hannity reported connected Saturday that nan U.S. utilized six bunker-buster bombs —each of which weighs 15 tons — successful its strikes connected Iran's Fordow atomic facility. The bombs were dropped from American B-2 stealth bombers. Additionally, 30 tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. submarines were utilized successful nan attacks connected nan Nanatz and Isfahan facilities, he reported. 

U.S. strikes 3 sites successful Iran (Fox News)

TRUMP PROMISES TO RESPOND WITH 'FULL STRENGTH AND MIGHT' OF US MILITARY IF IRAN ATTACKS AMERICA

Ahead of nan Saturday evening strikes, six B-2 stealth bombers from an Air Force guidelines successful Missouri appeared to beryllium en way to a U.S. Air Force guidelines successful Guam, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News connected Saturday. 

Fox New's Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin said during an quality Saturday evening arsenic news collapsed of nan strikes that reports of nan bombers were apt portion of nan "misleading tidbits put retired location to propose that possibly President Trump had had put disconnected nan decision."

"Those six B-2 bombers that were heading westbound towards Guam, they would not person made it to Iran successful clip to return portion successful this strike. So, that suggests to maine that location was an further B-1 package that possibly flew eastward from Whiteman Air Force Base. Again, this was each portion of nan deception. There was a awesome woody of benignant of misleading tidbits put retired location to propose that possibly President Trump had put disconnected nan determination and that this would hap 2 weeks from now." She said this while speaking pinch Fox News' Bret Baier connected Saturday evening. 

Smoke rises aft an detonation successful Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's superior early Friday, pinch explosions booming crossed Tehran. (Getty)

ISRAEL’S ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN CREATE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN NUCLEAR TALKS, EXPERTS SAY

Israel launched pre-emptive strikes connected Iran connected June 12 aft months of attempted and stalled atomic negotiations and consequent heightened interest that Iran was advancing its atomic program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared soon afterward that nan strikes were basal to "roll backmost nan Iranian threat to Israel's very survival."

He added that if Israel had not acted, "Iran could produce a atomic limb successful a very short time." 

Israeli aerial defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles complete nan Israeli metropolis of Tel Aviv amid a caller barrage of Iranian rockets connected June 16, 2025. (Menahem Kahanna/AFP via Getty Images)

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Dubbed "Operation Rising Lion," nan strikes targeted Iran's atomic and rocket infrastructure and killed a fistful of elder Iranian subject leaders.

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.