Donald Trump spoke. At the end of the NATO summit, organized in The Hague (Netherlands) since Tuesday evening, the American president addressed all the subjects, recent American strikes in Iran and the cease-fire implemented since the start of the week between the Islamic Republic and Israel, to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the new distribution of expenses within NATO.
American strikes have “ended the nuclear threat” of Iran
On the same line since the bombings orchestrated on the night of Saturday June 21 to Sunday June 22 on the three main Iranian nuclear sites, the American head of state praised “a very beautiful operation” and “a beautiful stage towards peace”. “The cease-fire ended the 12-day war, we think it’s over,” said Trump.
“Iran will not be able to have nuclear weapons, I have said it for 15 years,” he said later, saying that he “ended the Iranian threat”. According to him, Tehran “will not be able to have nuclear weapons”.
After welcoming the United States’s “deterrent” Donald Trump, “Donald Trump then spoke more precisely on the state of nuclear infrastructure of Fordo, Natanz and Ispahan, in the aftermath of the revelations published by CNN and the New York Times, advancing that the American strikes would not have destroyed the three sites in depth.
“The American strikes against Iran have made nuclear installations completely unusable,” he said in The Hague, calling the articles published by the two American media as a “fake news”. “”
Based on a report by the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (CIEA), the Republican President assured that the bombings carried out last Saturday were going to “prevent Iran from developing the atomic weapon during the coming years”. “Iran will not have access to nuclear materials in the future,” he said.
“The site was obliterated,” he said later on the Fordo uranium enrichment factory, the main Iranian nuclear site. “Everything is completely collapsed. All nuclear elements are buried. They tried to move them but they did not succeed. »»
An agreement with Iran? Trump “does not care” and does not consider it “necessary”
Regarding the rest of the war between Iran and Israel, Donald Trump was cautious about the application of the ceasefire, believing that “this can start again soon”. But, according to the American leader, “the two countries are exhausted, have fought extremely violent and are happy to be able to resume their life quickly”. “Israel will return to normality, Iran too. »»
Regarding the future development of the Iranian nuclear program, Donald Trump said: “We may sign an agreement, we will speak with them next week”. But “I don’t think it’s really necessary (…) Personally, I don’t care if there is an agreement or not”. “In any case, we destroyed all their nuclear arsenal,” said the President of the United States.
“I thought we would solve” war in Ukraine “more easily”
Donald Trump also spoke about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, evoking “a good meeting” with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
“He was very kind. He wants the end of the war. He fights, he is courageous, “he revealed, remaining elusive. “I’m going to talk to Vladimir Putin. I think it’s someone who didn’t take the right way. I thought we would solve the question (of the war in Ukraine) much more easily. He told me that he wanted to resolve the question with Iran, I said no, let’s go to Ukraine first. Putin is more difficult than before, ”said Trump on the subject.
New NATO military spending
Finally, the White House tenant confirmed the commitment made by NATO countries to drastically increase their military spending, the 32 members of the Alliance being committed to investing 5 % of their annual GDP in favor of security by 2035.
“It’s a great victory,” said Trump. The project is underway, it is the security of Europe and the world. Expenditure has increased by 2 to 5 %. The money will come from countries that did not pay enough before. I’ve been asking for more expenses for a while from the allies. It is a symbol of victory for the United States, we wore a good part of the burden, it was unfair. Europe will take its share in terms of security to avoid other disasters such as war between Russia and Ukraine. »»
