Trump not worried about domestic terror attack

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is not concerned about Iran carrying out a terrorist attack inside the United States in retaliation for the ongoing war between the United States and Israel.

“No, I’m not,” Trump told a reporter outside the White House when asked if he feared such a domestic attack.

Trump also touted progress in the war against Iran, which is in its 11th day, before embarking on a trip to Kentucky and Ohio.

“Right now, they’ve lost their Navy, their Air Force. They have no anti-aircraft apparatus,” the President said. “Their leaders are gone and we could do a lot worse.”

Trump said the US military “left certain things” in Iran, which could be destroyed in the afternoon if necessary, and that they would “literally never be able to rebuild that country.”

Later in the day, Trump told reporters upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that the United States had identified all of Iran’s “sleeper cells” — secret groups embedded in foreign countries that remain dormant until activated to carry out terrorist attacks.

According to Reuters’ own statement, Trump said that the United States was “in very good shape” in its war against Iran and said, “We know where Iran’s ‘sleeper cells’ are… we have our eyes on all of them.”

Trump said the US military destroyed approximately 16 Iranian mine layers. Asked whether Iran was mining the Strait of Hormuz, which is the most sensitive point in the world for oil shipments, Trump replied, “We don’t think so.”

A report released Tuesday, citing two people familiar with U.S. intelligence reports, said CNN reported that Iran began laying mines in the strait. albeit only a few dozen in recent days.

I think they should send tankers through the bottleneck, which is effectively closed due to the war,” Trump said, referring to the CEOs of major oil companies.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman warned on Monday that tankers passing through the strait “must be very careful.”

Located off the southern coast of Iran, the Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf to the Sea of ​​Oman.

Insurance giant Chubb said Wednesday it will serve as the lead insurer of a U.S. government-led program to insure ships passing through the strait.

Trump dodged a question on the issue Wednesday The New York Times report“Newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit an elementary school in Iran, killing 175 people, mostly children,” he said.

Trump’s “I don’t know about that” finding supports other analysis that the US military is responsible Attack on Shajarah Tayyebeh primary school on 28 February.

The president again criticized Spain’s leadership for not assisting the U.S. war effort.

“We could cut off trade with Spain,” said Trump, who tends to use tariffs and other retaliatory trade practices as leverage against other countries.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez drew Trump’s ire for banning the US military from using two bases in Andalusia to launch attacks on Iran.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in an X post on Wednesday“In my meetings with the heads of government of Russia and Pakistan, while explaining the Islamic Republic’s commitment to peace and tranquility in the region, I emphasized that the only way to end the war that began with the war-mongering of the Zionist regime and America is the recognition of Iran’s indisputable rights, the payment of compensation and a strict international obligation to prevent the repetition of aggression,” he wrote.