Where is the Ayatollah? Iran's fanatical leader, 86, not seen in a WEEK – as CIA confirms Trump obliterated nuke sites
President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the B-2 stealth bomber pilots who carried out strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, saying they flew with a 'great risk' and a 'big chance that they would never come back home and see their husbands or their wives.'
Speaking at the NATO summit, Trump said he received a call from Missouri after the mission, where the pilots are based, describing how upset they were by media reports that downplayed the success of the operation.
'I got a call that the pilots and people on the plane were devastated because they were trying to minimise the attack,' Trump said, referring to a leaked preliminary US intelligence assessment that questioned the level of destruction at the sites.
'They all said it was hit, but oh, but we don't think it was really maybe hit that badly. And they were devastated. They put their lives on the line,' he said.
Trump added he spoke personally to one of the pilots, who told him: 'Sir, we hit the site. It was perfect. It was dead-on.'
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber lands after returning from Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
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