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New York Post
7 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump admin to reveal proof ‘fake news' outlets CNN, NY Times ‘lied' about damage inflicted by US strikes on Iran
President Trump has teased the release Thursday of 'irrefutable' proof that 'fake news' outlets like CNN and the New York Times 'lied' about the damage inflicted by the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Trump said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would hold an 8 a.m. press conference at the Pentagon in honor of the 'Great American Pilots' who carried out the bombings. 'These Patriots were very upset! 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. They felt terribly!' Trump said in a Truth Social post. Advertisement 3 Jake Tapper defended CNN's reporting on Wednesday. CNN 'Fortunately for them and, as usual, solely for the purpose of demeaning PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, the Fake News (Times and CNN) lied and totally misrepresented the Facts, none of which they had (because it was too soon, there were no Facts out there yet!).' 'The News Conference will prove both interesting and irrefutable. Enjoy!' he added. Advertisement Trump has been adamant that the strikes wiped out Iran's nuclear facilities and set the program back decades — despite a preliminary intelligence assessment, which was leaked to CNN and others, suggesting Tehran could salvage it within months. The commander in chief has repeatedly trashed the lefty outlets — accusing them of diminishing the pilots' results. 'I believe it was total obliteration. I believe they didn't have a chance to get anything out, because we acted very fast,' he said at the NATO summit on Wednesday. Speaking to the press, Trump added: 'You should be praising those people instead of trying to find out by getting me, by trying to go and get me. You're hurting those people.' Advertisement 3 President Trump claimed 'fake news' outlets 'lied' about the damage inflicted by the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. REUTERS 3 US airstrikes destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center. via REUTERS CNN's Jake Tapper defended his network's reporting Wednesday, saying: 'Trump and his administration are going after shooting the messengers in an increasingly ugly way.' Tapper insisted the scrutiny of Trump's strikes was not directed at service members. Advertisement 'The key questions for the American people in the world are simply about the degree of success of the operation, and the current state of Iran's nuclear weapons program and what the intelligence — not the politicians — what the intelligence reveals,' Tapper said. 'We don't know yet whether this administration is accurately portraying what happened in Iran or not. We don't. That's the point of publishing what we know that the government learns, once we learn it … The news media needs to press for facts, even if it's uncomfortable.'
Sky News
7 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News
Trump-Iran live: President Trump teases 'irrefutable' bombing announcement; Iran approves plan to shut out UN's nuclear watchdog
Donald Trump says defence secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a "major news conference" today about the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities. He also says the US will "save" Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu from a "witch hunt". Listen to Trump 100 below as you scroll.
Sky News
7 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News
Trump-Iran live: President teases 'irrefutable' news conference about bombing - and says US will 'save' Netanyahu
Donald Trump says defence secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a "major news conference" today about the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities. He also says the US will "save" Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu from a "witch hunt". Listen to Trump 100 below as you scroll.
News18
7 days ago
- Politics
- News18
'For Dignity Of American Pilots': Trump Announces 'Major News Briefing' Over US Strikes In Iran
Donald Trump announced a major Pentagon news conference to defend American pilots after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, will hold a major news conference at 8 am (US local time), US President Donald Trump has announced, hours after he reiterated his claims of 'obliterating" Iranian nuclear sites during its targeted strikes on June 22. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote that the press conference would be to 'fight for the dignity" of the American pilots. Trump mentioned that the US pilots were upset after 36 hours of 'dangerously flying" through Iran, and when two days later, they came across 'fake news" questioning the effectiveness of the US airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. 'Secretary of Defense (War!) Pete Hegseth, together with Military Representatives, will be holding a Major News Conference tomorrow morning at 8 A.M. EST at The Pentagon, in order to fight for the Dignity of our Great American Pilots," Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'These Patriots were very upset! 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," he added. 'They felt terribly! Fortunately for them and, as usual, solely for the purpose of demeaning PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, the Fake News (Times and CNN) lied and totally misrepresented the Facts, none of which they had (because it was too soon, there were no Facts out there yet!)," Trump wrote. 'The News Conference will prove both interesting and irrefutable. Enjoy!" he mentioned. lashed out at media accounts of a classified report that doubted the extent of damage to Iranian nuclear sites. The US military said it dropped 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs, powerful 13,600-kilogram (30,000-pound) weapons, on three Iranian nuclear sites. Trump has repeatedly said that the attack 'obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities, including the key site of Fordow buried inside a mountain. However, an initial classified assessment, first reported by CNN, was said to have concluded that the strike did not destroy key components and that Iran's nuclear program was set back only months at most. Later, Trump lashed out at the CNN reporter behind the story, taking to his Truth Social platform, to demand that the network fire her. WHAT EXPERTS SAID A key question raised by experts is whether Iran, preparing for the strike, moved out some 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of enriched uranium, which could now be hidden elsewhere in the vast country. 'I can tell you, the United States had no indication that that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strikes, as I also saw falsely reported," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News. 'As for what's on the ground right now, it's buried under miles and miles of rubble because of the success of these strikes on Saturday evening," she said. Vice President JD Vance, asked about the uranium on Sunday, had sounded less definitive and said the United States would discuss the issue with Iran. The quantity of uranium had been reported by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, with which Iran is considering severing cooperation after the Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear program. First Published: June 26, 2025, 07:06 IST
Mint
7 days ago
- Politics
- Mint
Pete Hegseth to hold news conference today on Iran strikes; Trump says ‘sucess was legendary but…'
US President Donald Trump announced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a 'major' press conference Thursday morning, as the administration pushes to quell doubts over the damage done inflicted by American strikes on Iran's nuclear sites. "Hegseth, together with Military Representatives, will be holding a Major News Conference tomorrow morning at 8 A.M. EST at The Pentagon, in order to fight for the Dignity of our Great American Pilots," Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. "The News Conference will prove both interesting and irrefutable," he said. Trump on Wednesday rejected an early intelligence assessment that the United States strikes inflicted only a marginal setback on Iran's nuclear program, insisting that his country's spies did not have the full picture and defending his own swift conclusion that American bombs and missiles delivered a crushing blow. 'This was a devastating attack, and it knocked them for a loop,' Trump said as his administration scrambled to support his claims, made only hours after the attack, that Iranian nuclear facilities were 'completely and fully obliterated.'
