The president announced a press conference scheduled for Monday to discuss the war in Iran, following the rescue of a second downed US pilot from the region.
During the press conference, Trump and administration officials engaged in nearly an hour of rhetoric before addressing any questions from the press.
Despite efforts to portray the war as successful, claims from Trump that the US had already won were contradicted by the downing of an American fighter jet.
The president’s perspective seems disconnected from reality, particularly with his assertion that the Iranian populace desires bombing.
Trump stated:
Yeah, of the regime. Regime. They would be willing to, they would be willing and it’s suffering. They would be willing to suffer that in order to have freedom the Iranians have, and we’ve had numerous intercepts. Please keep bombing bombs that are dropping near their homes. Please keep bombing, do it.
And these are people that are living where the bombs are exploding. And when we leave and we’re not hitting those areas, they’re saying, please come back. Come back. Come. These are the people. I don’t know what they do. All I can tell you is they want freedom. They have lived in a world that you know nothing about.
