President Trump says Iran’s army ‘worn out’ after coordinated airstrikes

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President Donald Trump on Friday stated the U.S. is "doing very effectively" in Iran, almost every week after the army coordinated with Israel on airstrikes in Tehran that left its supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, useless.

"Someone stated, ‘How would you rating it from zero to 10?’ I stated, ‘I would give it a 12 to a 15.’ Their military is gone. Their navy is gone. Their communications are gone. Their leaders are gone," Trump stated. "Two units of their leaders."

The president made the remarks after Fox Information senior White Home correspondent Peter Doocy requested on the finish of a White Home faculty sports activities roundtable what was motivating Trump to carry the roundtable "as a result of there may be quite a lot of different stuff happening on the planet."

"That’s proper," Trump agreed, including that Iran’s air force has been "worn out solely. Consider it. They've 32 ships. All 32 are on the backside of the ocean. Aside from that, they're doing very effectively."

Smoke rises within the distance in Tehran, Iran, after explosions had been reported within the metropolis Friday. (Contributor/Getty Pictures)

" Our military is doing phenomenally," he stated. "The state of affairs with a really dangerous and really sick group of leaders who had been killing lots of people. Lots of our folks had been being killed or had been being maimed. … And we had a alternative. We might take it and go on like that for years or do one thing about it. And we did one thing about it."

Trump added that "individuals are very impressed with our army, they usually admire our army with what occurred in Venezuela, what's occurring now, what's occurred with the B-2 bombers earlier than this, the place they took out the nuclear functionality or potential of Iran.

"I feel we're, proper now, we're a rustic that is extra revered than we have ever been revered earlier than."

<source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/03/931/523/trump-speaking-at-college-sports-roundtable-scaled.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/03/1862/1046/trump-speaking-at-college-sports-roundtable-scaled.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> President Donald Trump speaks throughout a roundtable dialogue on faculty sports activities within the East Room of the White Home Friday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)

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Doocy additionally advised the president earlier, "It sounds just like the Russians are serving to Iran goal and assault Individuals now."

"That is a simple drawback in comparison with what we're doing right here," Trump stated, referring to school sports activities, calling it a "silly query to be asking presently. We're speaking about one thing else."

Earlier Friday, Trump wrote on Reality Social that the U.S. won’t accept any deal with Iran "besides UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"

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"After that, and the number of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Chief(s), we, and plenty of of our fantastic and really courageous allies and companions, will work tirelessly to convey Iran again from the brink of destruction, making it economically larger, higher, and stronger than ever earlier than," Trump wrote .