Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States has largely neutralized Iran’s military capabilities and warned Washington could devastate key infrastructure if it chose to escalate further.
“They are pretty much at the end of the line,” he said. “They’ve got no navy, they’ve got no air force, they’ve got no anti-aircraft… We’re just riding free range over that country.”
Trump said the US was also closely watching the strategic Strait of Hormuz, adding that Iranian naval forces in the area had been largely destroyed.
“The straits are in great shape. We’ve knocked out all of their boats,” he said, while noting that Iran still possessed some missiles.
Trump also warned the United States could strike critical infrastructure, including power systems, if it decided to intensify the campaign.
“We could take apart their electric capacity within one hour, and it would take them 25 years to rebuild it,” he said, adding that Washington would ideally avoid such strikes.
He said the main objective was ensuring Iran could not rebuild its military capacity. “The main thing is we have to win this… We don’t want to let it regrow,” Trump said.
