Iran threatens to lash out at Arab neighbors as US ramps up strikes
Trump says US rebuilding military as Iran’s IRGC loses 90% of weapons capability
In his first public appearance outside the White House since the NATO summit amid threats to his life by Iran, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he doesn’t “think about it” and that his focus is on taking out the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which he said has lost roughly 90% of its weapons capabilities due to continued strikes.
Trump made the remarks during an exclusive interview with FOX Business ahead of the annual Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he also highlighted gains in U.S. defense and the economy and announced $10 billion in private investments for the defense industry.
The president said he was not concerned about threats from Iran, revealing that the U.S. carried out another strike on the country within the past 24 hours. He also suggested he could eliminate the IRGC the same way he defeated ISIS during his first administration.
“Well, we’re going to be in good shape,” Trump told FOX Business correspondent Edward Lawrence. “They’ve been depleted. Their weapons are down 91%. The drone capacity is way down. They still have, but not a lot. Their manufacturing capacity is down. Their rocket launchers and their missile launchers are way down. Their missiles are way down.”
Trump said the U.S. is “building up” its military with the Defense Production Act and companies working to refill supplies and replenish American forces.
“We have to watch ourselves. You know, it’s called America First. And we’re building up our reserves very rapidly. And as you probably also know, the great companies that we have are now building plants, although not just taking one plant that they’ve used for a long time and doing overtime,” he said.
“We have four or five, six plants by each of the major companies being built, brand-new plants in different areas to make, as an example, you could say the Patriot (missile), which is so heavily sought, or the Tomahawk missile.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Bonny Chu and Edward Laurence.
