‘Full strength of US forces will …’: Donald Trump issues strong warning to Iran; says US not involved in attack on Iran
US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran on Sunday, declaring that if the US is attacked in any way, it would unleash its military might “at levels never seen before.” The statement came as Trump sought to distance the United States from Israel’s recent massive airstrikes on Iran, which were conducted under Operation Rising Lion, resulting in rising tensions across the Middle East region.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote a direct message to the Khamenei-led Islamic Republic: “The US had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight. If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!”Trump’s position on Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, however, has shifted multiple times over the past few days. Just hours before the Israeli offensive, he had called for a diplomatic solution with Tehran.But after the Israeli airstrikes concluded, the president appeared to credit his own past warnings to Iran, as a build-up cause for Iran’s nuclear aspirations.“Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to ‘make a deal,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!”In another extensive post earlier, Trump claimed he had warned Iran in “the strongest of words”, asserting that Iranian commanders were caught off guard: “They didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”He added a final appeal for de-escalation: “There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter… come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.”Israeli airstrikes killed six of Iran’s top nuclear scientists and several senior military commanders. Israeli officials defended the operation as a “preemptive strike” aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure.
