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Iran’s military ‘virtually destroyed’ in US actions, Trump says

May 18, 2026, 22:47 GMT+1
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Centre for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz and US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stand behind US President Donald Trump as he points while delivering remarks about health care costs and affordability from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, May 18, 2026

US President Donald Trump said the United States “virtually destroyed” Iran’s military capability, adding the country no longer has an effective navy or air force and that its leadership has been significantly weakened.

"We've taken a country that was going to have a nuclear weapon, and we've virtually destroyed its military. They have no navy, they have no air force, they've been every.. they've been virtually destroyed militarily. That's a lot. That's a big.. we could leave right now. Would take them 25 years to rebuild that the last thing they're thinking about, I think, is nuclear. Now they have to put it down in writing, but when you say nothing, we've, we've totally destroyed, excuse me, from CNN, we've totally destroyed their military, we've destroyed their leadership, as you know, their leaders are gone, their leaders are gone at the first level, the second level, we're dealing with half of the third level, and I think we've made a lot of progress, and it's very simple, you know, we don't want to go through this," Trump said.

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