President Donald Trump disclosed in a Fox News interview on Sunday that momentum is building among nations considering joining the Abraham Accords in the wake of recent U.S. military actions against Iran.
“We have some really great countries in their write now, and I think we’re going to start loading them up. Because Iran was the primary problem,” the President stated.
In a surprising twist, Trump revealed that Iran itself had once been viewed as a potential signatory to the historic peace agreements. “We had a period of time when I thought Iran would join the Abraham Accords along with everyone else. Frankly, they would have been better off than where they are write now.”
Turning to the issue of Iran’s nuclear program, Trump emphasized that no nuclear material had been removed from the key Fordow site ahead of the U.S. strikes. “They didn’t move anything,” Trump replied when asked about the reports. “You know what they moved? Themselves; they were all trying to live.”
He went on to describe the aftermath of the mission, highlighting the skepticism Iran had toward the success of such an operation. “They didn’t think it was doable, what we did, and what we did was amazing. There were energy commissions that went there now. It’s just thousands of tons of rock in that room right now.”
Detailing the extent of the damage inflicted, Trump said: “The whole place was just destroyed, and the other two also. Israel was able to do damage, but we did the final damage. We have the greatest submarines in the world. We launched 30 rockets from submarines, every single one of them hit their target.”
He offered high praise for the American airmen involved in the mission, particularly the B-2 bomber pilots, and announced plans to honor them personally. “These people flew 36 hours in a small space, and they flew so brilliantly, and they hit a small target, half the size of a refrigerator, from 50,000 feet in the air going at a rapid speed.”
Reflecting on the efforts to reach a peaceful solution prior to the strikes, Trump said he initially believed diplomacy might succeed. “But they said they wanted enrichment. Enrichment doesn’t mean like air conditioning, and it doesn’t mean to jack up your car. Enrichment is a bad word. I said, ‘You have so much oil, what do you need that for?’ And they answered: ‘We need it. We need it.’ I wouldn’t let that happen. I think people wouldn’t have understood it if I allowed that to happen. So we had a 60-day talk, and that delayed them a lot. And then we said, ‘let’s go at it,’ and it worked out.”
{Matzav.com}