U.S. President Donald Trump praised the military performance of his country's armed forces in Iran on Thursday and urged not to worry about what comes next. During a telephone interview with ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl, the head of state suggested that people should be amazed by the military operation carried out over the weekend in Iran. When questioned about the consequences of this, he said they should forget «what comes after». «They will be decimated for a 10-year period before they can rebuild it,» the president said, referring to Iran's diminished military capability after constant attacks that began on February 28 with the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This week, U.S. Central Command stated in an update, posted on its X account, that dozens of its bomber aircraft destroyed 17 ships and one submarine during a mission at a military port in the southern part of the Islamic nation. According to Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, a total of 2,000 targets have been attacked, including 100 ballistic missiles that were destroyed.
