President of the United States Donald Trump The situation in Iran continues to escalate after a joint Iranian-Israeli operation killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday. Trump claimed that “everything has been knocked down” and that he “may force Israel to take action” because he believes otherwise Iran “will strike first.”“Almost everything has been destroyed,” Trump told reporters of the current situation in Iran during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.Referring to Operation Epic Fury, he claimed Iran had lost its air defenses, warned the country was “going to get hurt a lot” and described its leadership as “bad people”. Trump argued that the coordinated strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was necessary as Tehran prepared for an attack. “I think they are going to attack first and I don’t want that to happen. So, if anything, I might force Israel to take action,” he said. He further defended the action, claiming that Iran’s leadership would use nuclear weapons if it obtained them, calling its ideology “very evil” and labeling the country a “spreader of terror.” “Something has to be done. It’s been 47 years. They’ve been killing people all over the world for a long time,” Trump added. Trump also criticized the response in parts of Europe. Attacking other countries, Trump said, “Some European countries have helped and others have not – I’m very surprised. Germany is great… Spain is terrible. In fact, I told Scott to cut off all dealings with Spain,” adding that he was “not happy with the UK either.”
