Trump to give update amid doubt over 'obliteration' of Iran nuclear sites
Mr Trump announced the "major news conference" would be held to refute claims made in the leak that delivered a gut punch to the president's ego. CIA director John Ratcliffe said several sites had been destroyed and would take years in order to rebuild.
But leaked documents from the US Defence Intelligence Agency stated the overall effectiveness of Operation Midnight Hammer had been embellished by the Trump administration, and that the strikes on three nuclear facilities would have set Iran's capabilities back just a few months.
Mr Trump was clearly ruffled by the claims made in the leaked report during his visit to the NATO summit, branding the outlets and networks reporting on it as "scum" and the document itself as "fake news".
Donald Trump vented his fury over government agency leaks that suggested the strikes in Iran were not as effective as he claimed.
Taking to TruthSocial, Mr Trump said: "After 36 hours of dangerously flying through Enemy Territory, they landed, they knew the Success was LEGENDARY, and then, two days later, they started reading Fake News by CNN and The Failing New York Times."
Donald Trump said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a "major news conference" will offer "interesting and irrefutable" evidence that the strikes "obliterated" Iran's race to obtain a nuclear weapon.
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