Trump in phone call: Iran is 'running out of launchers'

"They're running out and they're running out of areas to shoot them, because they're being decimated. They're running out of launchers. In a roughly four-minute phone call with POLITICO, Trump argued that Tehran's military capacity is being steadily degraded, even as Iranian forces are expected to keep lobbing missiles for a while."

"The president's assertion is new and had not been mentioned during a Monday Pentagon briefing or publicly by any other administration officials. The president's suggestion that Iran's capacity to retaliate would soon subside comes as the timeline for hostilities, the US's own stockpile, the ultimate goal of the war and the plan for who leads Iran remains up for debate."

President Trump provided an update on the Iran conflict, claiming Iran's military capacity is being degraded and the country is running out of missile launchers and launch areas. He stated Iranian forces would continue missile attacks for a while but suggested their capacity to retaliate would eventually subside. Trump expressed willingness to work with surviving members of Iran's ruling regime if a reconfigured government emerges from the conflict. His assertion about Iran's depleting armaments had not been previously mentioned by Pentagon officials or other administration representatives. The comments came as the US and Middle East prepared for continued Iranian missile and drone attacks, with US embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait closing and the State Department warning Americans to leave the region.

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