"Well, I think you can say both. The beginning—it's the beginning of building a new country. But they certainly—they have no Navy. They have no Air Force. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. It's all been blown up. They have no radar. They have no telecommunications. And they have no leadership. It's all gone."
"We could call it a tremendous success right now, as we leave here, I could call it. Or we could go further, and we're going to go further. But the big risk on that war has been over for three days. We wiped them out the first—in the first two days."
During a 60 Minutes interview, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated the war is only beginning, contradicting Trump's earlier assertion that the war is very complete. When confronted about these conflicting messages at a press conference from his Doral resort, Trump reconciled the statements by claiming both are true. He explained that while initial military objectives have been achieved—destroying the enemy's Navy, Air Force, radar, telecommunications, and leadership—reconstruction and further operations could continue. Trump emphasized that major combat risks ended within three days, with significant naval and military assets destroyed. He characterized the current situation as a tremendous success while leaving open the possibility for continued military engagement.
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