President Donald Trump boasted on Sunday that 48 Iranian leaders had been wiped out ‘in one shot’ after confirming to the world Saturday that Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead.
He also said in a Truth Social post that US forces ‘destroyed and sunk’ 9 Iranian Navy ships.
‘We are going after the rest – They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also! In a different attack, we largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters. Other than that, their Navy is doing very well!’ Trump wrote.
At the same time, Trump said he’s ‘agreed’ to talk to the country’s potential new leadership.
Iranian officials created a transitional counsel in the wake of Khamenei’s death
Trump made the boast about the US killing dozens of top Iranian leaders on a phone call with Fox News Channel’s Jacqui Heinrich, also telling the reporter that he knows how many targets are left to hit.
The President additionally said that Operation Epic Fury is moving along ‘rapidly.’
Trump told the Atlantic Sunday morning that new talks could be coming soon.
President Donald Trump announced the Iran strikes overnight Saturday. On Sunday he boasted that 48 leaders of the oppressive Iranian regime had been killed
A handout satellite images shows flattened buildings at the compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran. President Donald Trump announced the death of Khamenie Saturday
‘They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,’ the President said. ‘They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.’
Early Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed a torrid of attacks on Iran, with the Islamic regime retaliating by sending missiles and drones toward Israel and at a number of Arab partners of the US – including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Trump ordered the strikes from Mar-a-Lago Saturday after nuclear negotiations led by envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner had broken down.
The Iranians also targeted Saudi Arabia, which doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Israel, but whose leadership is close to Trump and Kushner.
Iran-linked fighters attacked an American base in Iraq.
And the Iranian regime went after targets in Oman – the country that has served as a mediator during the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said Sunday that the USS Abraham Lincoln had been struck, with the claims going out on Iranian state media.
The US military refuted those claims, saying the Iranian missiles ‘didn’t even come close.’
Three American servicemembers have been killed in the fighting.
Trump’s previous second term military forays – the attack on the trio of Iranian nuclear sites in June and the capture of Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro – did not lead to any American casualties.
But Trump warned in his overnight message on Saturday, announcing Operation Epic Fury was taking place, that American lives could be lost.
The President has carried out the largest military operation of both terms from Florida but is expected to return to Washington, D.C. Sunday night.
He’s talked to reporters by phone but has held no public events since before he announced Operation Epic Fury using his Truth Social platform.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that he planned to stop by a MAGA Inc. fundraiser Saturday night being held at Mar-a-Lago.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
