Donald Trump recalled a key planning assembly for his ongoing conflict in Iran, saying that at one level he was “falling asleep” throughout it. Nonetheless, one thing got here alongside that woke him again up.
The 79-year-old president addressed a crowd of supporters in Hebron, Kentucky on Wednesday (March 11). Whereas stressing the significance of “large, lovely coal,” he shifted his focus to his strike on Iran, which started on the finish of February.
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Trump referenced the operation’s identify — “Operation Epic Fury” — saying that it was “an ideal identify” however including a caveat.
“Effectively, it’s solely good if you happen to win,” he stated. “And we’ve received. Let me inform you, we’ve received. You already know, you by no means wish to say too early you received. We received. We received the guess. Within the first hour it was over, however we received.”
He then shared a narrative about when it was time to call the strike, saying that he was offered with “a listing of names” by a normal to select from. Though he had round 20 choices, most of them had been boring him.
“And I’m like falling asleep,” he stated about scanning the record. “I didn’t like all of them. Then I see ‘Epic Fury.’ I stated, I like that identify. I like that identify.”
The president continuously references the “Epic Fury” whereas discussing the conflict. In 2025, he ordered a strike on three nuclear enrichment vegetation in Iran. The operation was named “Operation Midnight Hammer.”
Earlier this week, Trump supplied a complicated rationalization of how the conflict was each “very full” and simply starting.
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