US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran is “progressing very well”, adding that the damage caused could take at least a decade to rebuild.As per ANI report, Trump said, “The war is well underway… We cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons… They would have used it very happily… We did a good job… Every time you see someone who has no legs, no arms, face that is really very badly damaged, lives destroyed, there is a 95% chance that it has come directly from Iran.”
He further claimed that Iran’s infrastructure had been significantly weakened and suggested that the impact should be made permanent. He said, “They can go today and it will take 10 years to repair the damage that has been done. But I think we have to make it a little more permanent so that no other president has to go through this.”His Vice President J.D. Vance reiterated the administration’s position, citing threats from regional militias. “There have been a number of militia attacks against our base or our embassy in Iran… There are a lot of terrorists in that region of the world, and once we find them we have to take them out,” Vance was quoted as saying by the agency. The comments come as US and Israeli forces continue targeted attacks on Iranian military infrastructure, including missile facilities.The United States Central Command said on Wednesday that the US military has deployed “multiple 5,000-pound deep penetration weapons” against hardened missile sites on Iran’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz.In a post on theThe strikes are part of an operation jointly launched by the US and Israel on February 28 targeting Iran’s military capabilities amid rising tensions in the region.