Trump Claims US Military Operations Have Devastated Iran’s Armed Forces

Washington, March 2026 : US President Donald Trump has claimed that American military operations have severely weakened Iran’s armed forces, saying the country’s military infrastructure has been heavily damaged amid escalating tensions and hostilities in the region.

Speaking at the White House during a roundtable discussion on college athletics, Trump briefly addressed the situation involving Iran when asked about wider global developments and ongoing security concerns.

“Iran, we’re doing very well,” Trump said when asked about the US campaign. “Somebody said how would you score it from 0 to 10? I said I’d give it a 12 to a 15.”

The president said American military actions had significantly degraded Iran’s military capabilities, including its naval forces, communications infrastructure, and leadership structure.

“Their army is gone… their navy is gone, their communications are gone, their leaders are gone,” Trump said while describing the impact of US operations.

According to the president, the campaign has also crippled Iran’s air force and disrupted several levels of military command within the country. Trump suggested that repeated strikes had eliminated multiple layers of leadership within the Iranian military hierarchy.

“They’re down to their third set,” he said, referring to what he described as successive losses among Iranian commanders and senior officials.

Trump also claimed that Iran’s naval fleet had been completely destroyed during the conflict. “They have 32 ships. All 32 are at the bottom of the ocean,” he said, adding that US forces had inflicted major losses on Iran’s maritime capabilities.

The president praised the performance of American armed forces and said the operations had demonstrated the strength and readiness of the US military.

“Our military is doing phenomenally,” Trump said. “People are very impressed with our military.”

During his remarks, Trump also referenced earlier US air operations that targeted elements of Iran’s nuclear programme. He indicated that those strikes were part of a broader strategy aimed at weakening Iran’s strategic capabilities.

According to Trump, Washington had faced a choice between continuing to endure attacks attributed to Iranian-backed forces or responding with decisive military action.

“We had a choice,” he said. “We could take it and go on like that for years or do something about it and we did something about it.”

Trump accused Iranian leadership of supporting attacks against American personnel, including the use of improvised explosive devices that he said had caused casualties among US troops.

“They were killing a lot of people, a lot of our people were being killed,” he said. Trump added that many American service members had been severely injured in such attacks. “They were being maimed… walking around without legs without arms, face blasted.”

The president described Iran’s leadership as “a very bad and very sick group of leaders” and argued that military action was necessary to prevent further attacks against US forces and interests.

Trump also said the military campaign had strengthened the international perception of American power and influence.

“I think right now we’re a country that’s more respected than we’ve ever been respected before,” he said.

Despite the ongoing global tensions, the president noted that he remains engaged with domestic issues as well, including efforts to reform college athletics in the United States.

“It doesn’t sound very important compared to what’s happening in Iran and other places,” Trump said of the athletics discussion. “But it is very important to me.”

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