US President Donald Trump bosted about America’s near-total surveillance capabilities over Iran and said he did not expect the latest flare-up in the on-again, off-again war with Iran to last “too long. Addressing reporters at the Oval Office, Trump also warned that the US was prepared to carry out another attack on Iran “anytime we want.”
“We are bringing lots of boats out every day with millions of barrels of oil. We are, for the most part, doing it without trouble. Every once in a while, they shoot a drone, and we knock it down. We see everything that they’re doing. They can’t move. They can’t go to the bathroom without us seeing it. So we saw that. We took it out. We took out some other things…
Trump’s remarks came after the US and Iran exchanged their biggest barrage since July, which claimed at least 18 lives in the Islamic Republic and left around 108 others wounded.
Tehran said the US military struck areas along Iran’s southern coast, near the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, including a wedding party in the city of Kuhestak. Speaking after the US strikes, Trump said, “We hit them very hard,” and the US is now “controlling the Hormuz Strait”– a strategic shipping lane that Tehran has effectively shut for six months. But we have control, very strong control,” he said. Boasting about America’s surveillance capabilities, he said, “We saw that they were building it. Kuwait’s army said Thursday it was intercepting a missile and drone attack from Iran, with Iranian state TV confirming that Tehran was targeting US bases in the Gulf state “in response to America’s crimes against the Iranian people.”
