President Trump announced on social media on Saturday, June 21, that the U.S. attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan
\n\u201c\u201dAll planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,\u201d he wrote
\nTrump plans to address the nation at 10 p.m. EST on Saturday night
\nThe Trump administration has launched a military strike against Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,\u201d he continued. \u201cAll planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Trump, 78, plans to address the nation regarding the strikes at 10 p.m. EST on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel had launched strikes against Iran, which he said were necessary to kneecap Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n
President Trump announced on social media on Saturday, June 21, that the U.S. attacked three nuclear sites in Iran.<\/p>\n
We struck at the heart of Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart of Iran\u2019s nuclear weaponization program,\u201d Netanyahu said in a video released on June 12, according to The New York Times. \u201cWe targeted Iran\u2019s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb. We also struck at the heart of Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. attack comes after Israel and Iran have been locked in conflict for days, launching a barrage of missiles and drones.<\/p>\n
As tensions escalated, Trump on Wednesday, June 18, avoided specifics about whether he\u2019d use U.S. capabilities to target Iranian nuclear sites, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI may do it,\u201d the president said. \u201cI may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Trump announced on social media on Saturday, June 21, that the U.S. attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan \u201c\u201dAll planes are… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t