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Key
moments from Trump's oval office address
Donald
Trump’s Wednesday evening address was an opportunity to use a wide audience to
articulate clear objectives for the war, after weeks of changing goals and
often contradictory messages about whether he’s winding down or ready to
escalate military operations.
He said
America’s “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” but he also spent
much of his time repeating many of the same things he said in recent weeks.
He
criticised previous US administrations for failing to tackle Iran’s nuclear
programme, saying previous presidents “made mistakes and I am correcting them.”
For
years, everyone has said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. But in the end,
those are just words if you’re not willing to take action when the time comes.”
Earlier
on Wednesday the president said he did not care about Iran’s stock of highly
enriched uranium (HEU) as it was deep underground and could be monitored by
satellite. He reiterated on Wednesday evening saying Iran’s various nuclear
sites are under “intense satellite surveillance and control”.
If we see
them make a move, even a move for it, we will hit them with missiles very hard
again.”
Trump
claimed the military action was launched to help America’s allies in the
region, and also pointedly thanked “Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE,
Kuwait and Bahrain,” adding he would not let them get hurt.
We’re now
totally independent of the Middle East, and yet we are there to help … We don’t
have to be there. We don’t need their oil. We don’t need anything they have …
We’re there to help our allies.”
The
president was particularly critical of Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal with
Iran, reiterating his longstanding derision of that framework, and commending
his decision to pull out of it during his first term.
His Iran
deal would have led to a colossal arsenal of massive nuclear weapons for Iran.”
Trump
also didn’t talk directly about Nato, at whose members he has fumed over
refusal to help secure the strait of Hormuz. The war has sent oil prices
soaring as Iran has effectively shut the strait.
During
his address, Trump said Americans “don’t need” the strait and that the
countries who do “must grab it and cherish it.” The president also claimed that
when the conflict is over, the strait would open up naturally.
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