as long as I'm president of the United
States Iran will never be allowed to
have a nuclear weapon good morning I'm
pleased to inform you the American
people should be extremely grateful and
happy no Americans were harmed in last
night's attack by the Iranian regime we
suffered no casualties all of our
soldiers are safe and only minimal
damage was sustained at our military
bases our great American forces are
prepared for anything
Iran appears to be standing down which
is a good thing for all parties
concerned and a very good thing for the
world
no American or Iraqi lives were lost
because of the precautions taken the
dispersal of forces and an early warning
system that worked very well I salute
the incredible skill and courage of
America's men and women in uniform for
far too long all the way back to 1979 to
be exact
nations have tolerated Iran's
destructive and destabilizing behavior
in the Middle East and beyond those days
are over Iran has been the leading
sponsor of terrorism and their pursuit
of nuclear weapons threatens the
civilized world we will never let that
happen last week we took decisive action
to stop a ruthless terrorists from
threatening American lives at my
direction the United States military
eliminated the world's top terrorists
Qasim soleimani
as the head of the Kurds force Salamone
was personally responsible for some of
the absolutely worst atrocities he
trained terrorists armies including
Hezbollah launching terrorist strikes
against civilian targets he fueled
bloody civil wars all across the region
he viciously wounded and murdered
thousands of US troops including the
planting of roadside bombs that maim and
dismember their victims Salah mani
directed the recent attacks on US
personnel in Iraq that badly wounded for
service members and killed one American
and he orchestrated the violent assault
on the US Embassy in Baghdad in recent
days he was planning new attacks on
American targets but we stopped him
solemn Annie's hands were drenched in
both American and Iranian blood he
should have been terminated long ago by
removing solemn a knee
we have sent a powerful message to
terrorists if you value your own life
you will not threaten the lives of our
people as we continue to evaluate
options in response to Iranian
aggression the United States will
immediately impose additional punishing
economic sanctions on the Iranian regime
these powerful sanctions will remain
until Iran changes its behavior in
recent months alone Iran se ships in
international waters fired an unprovoked
strike on Saudi Arabia and shot down two
US drones iran's hostilities
substantially increased after the
foolish iran nuclear deal was signed in
2013 and they were given 150 billion
dollars not to mention 1.8 billion
dollars in cash instead of saying thank
you to the united states they chanted
death to america in fact they chanted
death to america the day the agreement
was signed
then Iran went on a terror spree funded
by the money from the deal and created
hell in Yemen Syria Lebanon Afghanistan
and Iraq the missiles fired last night
at us and our allies were paid for with
the funds made available by the last
administration the regime also greatly
tightened the reins on their own country
even recently killing 1,500 people at
the many protests that are taking place
all throughout Iran the very defective
jcpoa expires shortly anyway and gives
Iran a clear and quick path to nuclear
Breaka Iran must abandon its nuclear
ambitions and end its support for
terrorism the time has come for the
United Kingdom Germany France Russia and
China to recognize this reality they
must now break away from the remnants of
the Iran deal or jcpoa and we must all
work together toward making a deal with
Iran that makes the world a safer and
more peaceful place we must also make a
deal that allows Iran to thrive and
prosper and take advantage of its
enormous untapped potential Iran can be
a great country peace and stability
cannot prevail in the Middle East as
long as Iran continues to foment
violence unrest hatred and war the
civilized world must send a clear and
unified message to the Iranian regime
your campaign of terror murder mayhem
will not be tolerated any longer it will
not be allowed to go forward today I am
going to ask NATO to become much more
involved
the Middle East process over the last
three years under my leadership our
economy is stronger than ever before at
Americas achieved energy independence
these historic accomplishment shades our
strategic priorities these are
accomplishments that nobody thought were
possible and options in the Middle East
became available we are now the number
one producer of oil and natural gas
anywhere in the world we are independent
and we do not need Middle East oil the
American military has been completely
rebuilt under my administration at a
cost of 2.5 trillion dollars u.s. armed
forces are stronger than ever before our
missiles are big powerful accurate
lethal and fast under construction are
many hypersonic missiles the fact that
we have this great military and
equipment however does not mean we have
to use it we do not want to use it
American strength both military and
economic is the best deterrent three
months ago after destroying 100% of Isis
and its territorial Caliphate we killed
the savage leader of Isis al Baghdadi
who was responsible for so much death
including the mass beheadings of
Christians Muslims and all who stood in
his way he was a monster al Baghdadi was
trying again to rebuild the Isis
Caliphate and failed tens of thousands
of Isis fighters have been killed or
captured during my administration Isis
is a natural enemy of Iran the
destruction of Isis is good for Iran and
we should work together on this and
other shared priorities finally to the
people and leaders of a
we want you to have a future and a great
future one that you deserve one of
prosperity at home and harmony with the
nations of the world the United States
is ready to embrace peace with all who
seek it I want to thank you and God
bless america thank you very much thank
you thank you