On Sunday, President Trump announced his intention to seize Iran’s remaining nuclear materials and issued a stern warning to the nation, stating that the United States is vigilantly monitoring its nuclear facilities from space.
Trump emphasized that gaining control over Iran’s enriched uranium is his foremost concern regarding the country.
In an interview with Sharyl Attkisson on “Full Measure,” Trump, 79, expressed confidence, saying, “We’ll secure that eventually. We have comprehensive surveillance in place. Thanks to the Space Force initiative, our eyes are on them.”
He elaborated on the technology’s precision, noting, “The surveillance can identify someone by name, address, and even badge number. We have a very detailed watch on the situation. Should anyone approach the site, we will be aware and ready to respond decisively.”
Amid the ongoing conflict in Iran, Trump has considered a high-risk option of deploying ground troops to seize Tehran’s nuclear assets, though he has not yet made a final decision.
Previously, in June, the United States conducted airstrikes on three significant nuclear sites in Iran as part of Operation Midnight Hammer.
But earlier this year, during negotiations with Iran, the regime claimed to still have enough nuclear material that, if fully enriched, would be sufficient for 11 nukes, according to special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Both the US and Israel are believed to have conducted additional bombing near Iran’s nuclear sites. T
rump has long claimed that Iran’s “nuclear dust” is now buried deep, deep underground under a bunch of rubble.
“I think it accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over because there’s still nuclear material — enriched uranium — that has to be taken out of Iran,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” of the allies’ joint war against the Islamic Republic.
“All that is still there, and there’s work to be done,” he said, noting that to get rid of the nuclear material, “you go in, and you take it out.”
The Trump administration has been negotiating with Iran for weeks. Last week, The Post reported on a 14-point framework for peace talks between Washington and Tehran. The two sides are still at loggerheads over Iran’s nuclear program.
Trump acknowledged the difficulties of negotiating with Iran because “they make a deal, and then they break it.
“They’re militarily defeated. In their own minds, maybe they don’t know that, but I think they do, because I deal with them. And we cannot ever let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” the president said.
“They have no navy,” he said. “They have no air force. They have no anti-aircraft weaponry. They have no radar. They have no leaders. Their leaders are gone. The first set, the A-Team, is gone. The B-team is gone, and part of the C-team is gone.
“If we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild.”
