Donald Trump, the President of the United States, said: “America did not start a war with the Islamic Republic. This government has been waging war against the United States since 1979; a war that should have been prevented much earlier.”

Trump, emphasizing that the United States is looking for total victory, said: “We want to make sure that we achieve a complete victory. We want 100 percent victory, not 93 percent.”

He also said that rebuilding what the United States has destroyed would take 25 years and expressed hope that there would be no need for further destruction.