Trump Vows ‘Two to Three Weeks’ More of ‘Extremely Hard’ Attacks On Iran in Address to the Nation

President Donald Trump vowed that the U.S. would hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks” in his address to the nation on Wednesday.

Trump delivered a speech on the progress of the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran, where he reiterated many of his previous claims about the war. The president told viewers that the conflict was set to come to a close “very shortly,” sharing the same timeline he discussed with reporters the previous day.

“Thanks to the progress we’ve made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” he said. “We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages [sic], where they belong.”

The president repeated his claim that talks with Iran were ongoing and that those newly in charge of the country were “much more reasonable” than the previous leadership. He did not mention the alleged ceasefire he announced Iran had asked for on Wednesday morning.

“In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders’ deaths,” he said. “They’re all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable.”

Trump also continued to issue his threat that if a deal was not reached, U.S. forces would destroy crucial Iranian energy infrastructure. Trump warned Iran in April that the country had 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face this retaliation, before walking the threat back, then extending the deadline to ten days, while making another similar threat on Monday.

“Yet, if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets,” said Trump on Wednesday. “If there is no deal, we’re going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously.”

Hours before Trump’s speech, Iran published a letter in which it claimed to have agreed to the terms of a proposed nuclear deal, which the U.S. then backed out of before launching its attacks. The letter also called on Americans to question the government’s true intention in starting the conflict, asking if they were “truly being served” by war.

Watch above via Fox News.

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