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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwHkUE8zyY?si=6XnuxhslxID6Dfw3

The US president suggested the missiles that killed Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and other high-ranking officials in the early hours of Saturday in Tehran were just the start of his military campaign.

“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon,” Mr Trump told CNN.

He refused to rule out American boots on the ground in Iran during a separate interview with the New York Post.

“I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground – like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground’. I don’t say it.

“I say ‘probably don’t need them’, [or] ‘if they were necessary’.”

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said that while the country was not preparing ground forces to enter Iran at this time, Mr Trump had the option on the table.

He added that the Trump administration believed it could achieve its objectives without using ground forces.

Mr Trump made the comments after speaking in an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, in which he criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s initial refusal to let US forces use Diego Garcia during the operation.

The US president said he was “very disappointed” in Sir Keir for blocking him from using the Chagos Islands air base, adding he “took far too long” to change his mind. He said the move was unlike anything that had “happened between our countries before”.

Earlier on Monday, Mr Trump’s top general said that the US military was sending more troops to the Middle East as it continued to attack Iran.

More “tactical aviation” would be sent to the region after three days of air strikes, Gen Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told a Pentagon press conference.

In a warning to America’s adversaries, Gen Caine said: “We can reach you, we can sustain the fight and we will scale the fight.”

Six US soldiers have been killed so far, and Mr Trump and Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of war, have told Americans to prepare for more casualties.

Three US fighter jets were downed in Kuwait by friendly fire.

The F-15 jets were “mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences”, with all six crew on board safely ejected and unharmed.

Mr Trump’s Operation Epic Fury entered its third day on Monday. At least 555 people in the region have been killed.

The US has also urged its citizens to leave more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night in a move set to drive oil prices even higher.

The country’s Revolutionary Guard said it would set fire to any ship trying to pass through the narrow waterway, through which approximately 21 million barrels of oil pass each day.

Consumers have already been warned they will have to pay more for petrol, and possibly food.

The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose nine per cent on Monday to $79.33 (£59.19) a barrel.

The US president told CNN that the war could last a month. He said: “I don’t want to see it go on too long. I always thought it would be four weeks. And we’re a little ahead of schedule.”

Mr Hegseth, an Iraq war veteran, insisted that the conflict would not be “endless”.

But he cheered the death of a regime that “chanted death to America” and instead was “gifted death by America”.

“This is not a so-called regime change war but the regime sure did change and the world is better off for it,” Mr Hegseth said.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Sunday found just 27 per cent of Americans approved of the strikes, while 43 per cent disapproved and 29 per cent were unsure.

Gen Caine said that the “sky surged to life” on Saturday when the operation began with strikes on more than 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours.

He described the operation as a “massive overwhelming attack across all domains of warfare” that was given the go-ahead by Mr Trump with the words: “Operation Epic Fury is approved. No Aborts. Good luck.”

Mr Trump said: “We’re knocking the c--p out of them. I think it’s going very well.”

Mr Trump admitted that the “biggest surprise” was Iran’s attacks on other Arab countries in the region.

They include the strikes on the Jumeirah Palm hotel in Dubai and the attacks on airports that have left hundreds of thousands of travellers stranded.

Mr Trump said: “We were surprised. We told them [the other Arab nations] ‘we’ve got this’ and now they want to fight. And they’re aggressively fighting. They were going to be very little involved and now they insist on being involved.”

Mr Hegseth sought to cast the offensive against Iran as a response to 47 years of aggression since the Islamic revolution in 1979.

He claimed that Iran was building “powerful missiles and drones to create a conventional shield for their nuclear blackmail ambitions”.

Ultimately, it was Iran’s nuclear ambitions that “had to be addressed”, Mr Hegseth said.

He also appeared to criticise the UK and other Western allies for failing to back the strikes immediately.

Sir Keir initially turned down a US request to use British bases for its campaign against Iran but changed his mind late on Sunday.

Mr Hegseth said that Israel, which has been at the forefront of the bombardment, was a “capable partner, unlike so many of our traditional allies”.

“Allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force,” he said.

Israel began a fresh wave of strikes on Tehran on Monday night. Explosions were heard near the headquarters of state broadcaster IRIB.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/03/02/donald-trump-iran-middle-east/

So Mr Trump got more up his sleeves huh......seems like it's going to be a long day for Iran.


Meanwhile any new leader announced yet or everyone is avoiding the position?.

Very detail I love your analysis

A stubborn fly follows the corpse to the grave. Iran should use their heads before it's too late

God bless you, Cyrus,
God bless you.

Let me say this:

Iran made two serious mistakes:
1. Listen to its Nigerian supporters and
2. Underestimate their opponent.

While Israel was building intelligence and capacity, the Iranians were building propaganda and making noise.
The result was that Israel OVERESTIMATED their enemies and went in as hard as Iran projected themselves. That is why the operation ended in victory in the first hour.

If a country like Nigeria or Ghana were to tackle Iran in its current state, Iran would have been finished in 2 weeks. Iran was a weak paper tiger. Even Hamas proves stronger than Iran. Their leader survived for close to a year. Zelensky has survived up till today. But the noise maker was cleaned out in the first strike.

Imagine being deceived to confront not only Israel, which is a Super Super Power, but also to confront America, a Mega Super Power.
Unfortunately, the Arab countries are experts in handing Israel their power status. After this war, Israel will be considered in the Power Level of America and Russia. China, Britain, France, etc, will be considered inferior to Israel from now on. Thanks to Iran.

Trump needs to calm down - don't render that country useless. I don't know why Islamic agbadorians are deceiving small Iran to fight almighty America

It's getting interesting

Donald Donald Donald

Calm down

On another note, let me ask;

Where is BRICS?

Where is Brazil?
Where is Russia?
Where is India?
Where is China?
Where is South Africa?

Lesson learned: don't make friends with noise makers.
Better you make friends with only Israel and America, than make friends with 200 other countries.



Take this as a sure prophecy: Israel and America will go after Turkey and Pakistan after this. And easier than Iran, they will be folded up.

We warned them.

Bleep around and find out.

Nagasaki and Hiroshima loading, the way Trump dey vex him fit drop nuclear bomb on Iran

Nwaikpe:
God bless you, Cyrus,
God bless you.

Let me say this:

Iran made two serious mistakes:
1. Listen to its Nigerian supporters and
2. Underestimate their opponent.

Cyrus ko, virus nih, feeeeeewwwwwwwwww

Let it come...Iran is winning.. Iran is winning 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nwaikpe:
God bless you, Cyrus,
God bless you.

Let me say this:

Iran made two serious mistakes:
1. Listen to its Agbadorians supporters and
2. Underestimate their opponent.

While Israel was building intelligence and capacity, the Iranians were building propaganda and making noise.
The result was that Israel OVERESTIMATED their enemies and went in as hard as Iran projected themselves. That is why victory happened on the first hour of the operation.

fixed.. you need to be specific about the people in Nigeria

Where is Russia in all of these? Iran helped them alot with tens of thousands of deadly drones in their assault on Ukraine but even to gift Iran like two nuclear bombs from the thousands in their arsenal is too difficult for them. Putin is a paper tiger. He has proven over and over again that Russia is not a dependable ally. See how US stand solidly with Israel through rain or shine.

The US are afraid of Iran becoming a major player in the nuclear industry given it's romantic relationship and alliance with Russia and China in high level arms procurement and idea sharing.

After the US hoisted Saddam Hussein Iraq from power the Steady improvement in ties between Iran and Russia under Putin where Russia completed the Iran Bushehr nuclear project (2007) and sells S-300 defense systems to Iran (2016) were one of the things emboldening a once weakened iran.
It's input together with Russia in their intense military cooperation in the Syrian Civil War, supporting the Assad regime till it's fall shows how capable they have become.
Up from 2022 till date their relationship pivots to a full alliance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, characterized by massive military collaboration, drone supplies, and efforts to evade Western sanctions.

The US want to stop them before things become out of hand as they are no match for the US currently. If the US delay, Iran could become the new Persian empire overnight and table will turn where they will be the one checkmating the US and the rest of the world.

Trump the Man with balls…

Man keep showing workings…

God abeg. Which big one again after all we done see. You want to drop bomb that will wipe them out? No don't do that o

I saw this yesterday and chuckled. One of these days, one leader will act irrationally and it will eventually come to this.
Hiroshima..Nagasaki..tick..tock

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Any country ruled by a Supreme Leader is dangerous.

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Iran is equal to anything the US throws at it. It is fighting back intelligently by attacking US proxies as well. With the shutting down of the Strait of Homuz, it has sent global jitters, and by the time the impatient American public begin to feel the pinch of global energy prices rising, Trump would be left isolated, scratching his head. Already, refineries and gas productions in the gulf have been halted. Petrol dollars won't be flowing into the US as it executes this highly expensive but foolish war. The US will eventually understand that Iran is far more complex and more sophisticated and more battle ready than Iraq. It will eventually fail like it did in Somalia and Afghanistan.

Since they want death, serve it chilled on them. More needs to join the supreme scum in Hades.

ARISHEM:
The US are afraid of Iran becoming a major player in the nuclear industry given it's romantic relationship with Russia and China in high level arms procurement and idea sharing

do you trust iran with nuclear weapons? Will your next generation be safe in the hands of iran next generation with nuclear weapons?

AntiChristian:
Enough of all these big talks!

Do whatever you want to do!

Empty vessels makes the most noise!

Who b ds one again? Trump no b ur mugu president wey Dey negotiate with terrorist oh!

U do anyhow U see anyhow… Go Go Trump

USA and Israel cannot attack or bomb Iran indiscriminately the way Iran is doing everywhere.

Trump claims he is fighting for the people of Iran, and that puts him in a corner such as to only snipe and destroy the weapon facilities and key installations within Iran.

Ground troops is not an option at all for now due to many reasons.

They have to paralyse their laser defense systems completely and destroy their missile/drone launching pads/ stock before physical penetration at all.

It's going to be a very complex high-tech war. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

In all these it’s the innocent people that suffers the most. Israel too has got nuclear weapons. Netanyahu slaughtered Palestinians in their millions, especially kids but the world kept quiet. Yes we Know Iran is funding terrorists organizations. But Israel too is carrying out lots of wickedness and nothing is being said.

All these just so everyone can forget he rapes kids.

Nawa o.

Trump, please release The Big One.