President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that the U.S. military was undertaking “major combat operations,” striking Iran in a massive bombing campaign.
“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people,” the presidentsaid in an 8-minute video posted to Truth Social at 2:30 a.m. “Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas and our allies throughout the world.”
In a nod to regime change, the president urged Iranians to “take over your government” once the bombs stopped dropping.