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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that American military forces have successfully struck numerous Iranian military installations, claiming that “just about everything has been knocked out.”<\/p>

The president delivered these remarks from the Oval Office prior to his scheduled meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.<\/p>

When questioned by reporters, Trump explained his decision to authorize military action against Iran stemmed from his intuition, stating he ordered the attack because “I had a feeling” that Iran would launch strikes against America while nuclear program discussions remained stalled.<\/p>

The president offered no supporting evidence for his assessment. Iranian officials had been expecting to resume diplomatic discussions with American representatives following talks conducted in Geneva the previous Thursday.<\/p>

According to Trump, Iran continues launching missiles, though he expressed confidence that Tehran’s missile capabilities would be eliminated through continued American military operations.<\/p>

“They’ve shot a lot of them, and we’re knocking out a lot,” Trump stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump announced Tuesday that U.S. forces have successfully targeted Iranian military installations. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he authorized the attacks based on his intuition that Iran planned to strike America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772561020906.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-85E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41188,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-reports-progress-in-iran-negotiations-delays-military-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":31102,"position":0},"title":"Trump Reports Progress in Iran Negotiations, Delays Military Action","author":"Admin","date":"March 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Donald Trump announced Monday that diplomatic discussions with Iran have yielded significant common ground. 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