US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night criticized CNN and New York Times for “teaming up” to cast shadow of doubt on the success of US military strikes on Iran.
“Fake news CNN together with failing New York Times have teamed up in an attempt to demean one of the most successful military strikes in history. The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
"Both the Times and CNN are getting slammed by the public.”
CNN, The New York Times and several other outlets cited an early assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency that said the US air strikes on three nuclear sites in Esfahan, Natanz and Fordow failed to destroy them completely.
Earlier US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also criticized CNN's reporting, saying, “Based on everything we have seen and I’ve seen it all, our bombing campaign obliterated Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons.”
"Our massive bombs hit exactly the right spot at each target and worked perfectly. The impact of those bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran.”
He added, “So anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the president and the successful mission.”
