Trump: Iran strikes will go down in history as among our greatest achievements

U.S. President Donald Trump announced during remarks made in West Palm Beach before boarding a plane to return to the White House that strikes carried out by the United States against Iran "will be recorded in history as among the greatest things we have accomplished."

Trump justified the position by saying: "If they had a nuclear weapon, they would blow up the world, because they are simply crazy." He emphasized that his country did not lose any military personnel throughout the operation, in an allusion to a comparison with the Vietnam War in which thousands of American soldiers were killed.

Trump indicated that the question now being posed is "whether we close this file now or later," clarifying that some neighboring countries prefer to keep things as they are. He added bluntly that he could go and blow them up now, but the problem is that "reconstruction would be impossible afterward," since bridges and power plants would take an extremely long time to repair, and they have massive bridges.

Trump responded to a question about a statement by his vice president, J.D. Vance, who linked the Republican Party's losses in the midterm congressional elections on November 3, 2022 partly to the strikes on Iran and to the relationship with Israel. Trump said: "Many people did not like what Vance said, but I am not one of them," adding that his vice president was right about most of what he said, though he should have added: "If I had the chance again, would you do the same thing? And the answer is yes."