Trump celebrates military crew behind Iran strike at the White House on July 4

The president talks with a group of supporters in Iowa on Thursday night Donald Trump It was announced that the White House on Independence Day will respect military flight teams that launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Trump said he raised questions about early media reports, which suggests Strike against Iran Only partially undermined the target, because he believed it was an insult to the “great” American military members who were carrying out their mission.

“Remember when CNN said it was not destroyed? It can be severely damaged or damaged, but the word for elimination is too strong. No, it was erased. This has now been proven. ” Trump said.

“They tried to demean me by saying this, but they did demean those great pilots, people and mechanics who brought those planes there, able to shoot from high air, very, very fast, and probably hit a lot of things and hit everything. They left the plane and they said, “What? We hit every target. They know better than anyone.”

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“These people have done one of the greatest military strikes and actions in the history of our country and I hope they are appreciated for that,” the president continued. So, they come. They come. White House Tomorrow night. ”

“They will go to Washington at the White House tomorrow and we will be celebrating. ”

Trump said the White House will not only receive pilots, but also host the entire crew, including “the people flying other planes” and “the mechanics who keep these planes going for 37 hours without stopping.”

“ChinaRussia, they are all watching. Everyone is watching,” he said. “We have the greatest equipment anywhere in the world. We have the greatest people anywhere in the world, and we have the most powerful army anywhere in the world. ”

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Map of the US strike against Iran. (Fox News)

In his speech on Thursday, Trump also claimed that Iran called for a strike before retaliation against them US military base In Qatar, the attack was cleared with the White House.

“They called me and told me they had to shoot us. This is Iran. Very respectful. This means they respect us because we lost 14 bombs. They said we wanted to take 14 photos from you. I said, “I know,’” he said.

“They said where they would do it. I said, ‘Okay.’ We cleared the fort.

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President Donald Trump spoke at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, July 3, 2025. Trump intends to develop plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, and also highlights the tax, tax, immigration and welfare reforms in Congress in Congress. (Photographer: Scott Morgan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump claims that Iran even asked about the retaliatory strikes that were acceptable.

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“They said, ‘Sir, is 1:00 OK?’ I said it’s fine, [they said]”We can do it later.” We only have four gunmen, no one. ” he said. “So suddenly, they said, “We’re ready.” They were a little nervous about doing so. I want to know, you can imagine, they are good enough – it’s Iran – called me and told me they wanted to shoot with 14 times so they wanted to shoot us. I said, go ahead. They shot 14 high-end, very fast missiles, each of which was knocked down by these four incredible gunmen. They did their jobs. This is the ending. ”