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President Trump says Iran’s military ‘wiped out’ after coordinated airstrikes

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President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States is “doing very well” in Iran, nearly a week after the military coordinated airstrikes with Israel that killed religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.

“Someone asked, ‘How do you rate zero to 10?’ he said. I said, ‘I would give 15 to 12.’ Their armies are gone. Their fleet is gone. Their communications are gone. Their leaders are gone,” Trump said. “Two group leaders.”

The president made the statement after Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked at the end of a college sports roundtable at the White House what motivated Trump to hold the roundtable. at that moment, “Because there are so many other things going on in the world.”

“That’s true,” Trump agreed, adding that Iran’s air force was “completely destroyed.” “Think about it. They have 32 ships. All 32 ships are at the bottom of the ocean. Other than that, they’re in very good shape.” he joked.

Smoke rises from a distance in Tehran, Iran, after the explosions that occurred in the city on Friday. (Contributor/Getty Images)

“Our army is performing outstandingly,” he said. “It’s a situation of a very bad, very sick group of leaders who were killing a lot of people, where a lot of our people were killed or maimed… And we had a choice. We could accept it and continue like that for years, or we could do something about it. And we did something about it.”

“People are very impressed with our military and they admire our military, what’s going on in Venezuela, what’s going on right now, what happened before that with the B-2 bombers that took out Iran’s nuclear capability or potential,” Trump said.

He added, “I think we’re a more respected country now than we’ve ever been before.”

President Donald Trump speaks at a college sports roundtable in the East Room of the White House on Friday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Doocy also previously told the president: “It appears the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans.”

“This is an easy problem compared to what we’re doing here,” Trump said, referring to college sports, adding that it was “a stupid question to ask right now. We’re talking about something else.”

Earlier Friday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States would not accept any deal with Iran “other than UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.”

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“After this and the election of a GREAT AND ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it bigger, better and stronger economically than ever before.” Trump wrote. “IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).”