Trump says US left Iran’s military largely intact despite strikes

President Donald Trump said the United States largely spared Iran’s military while targeting other elements of the country’s leadership and military infrastructure.

“Their navy is totally gone, 100%. Their air force is totally gone, 100%. Their military, we sort of left it alone, because we think that their military is somewhat, somewhat moderate,” Trump said.

"We've taken different forms of leadership out, we've actually left their military alone. People would be surprised to hear that, because mistakes have been made in wars where you wipe out everybody, and then you have a country that's, you know, for 40 years can never rebuild. You look at what happened with Iraq," he added.