{"id":107356,"date":"2026-03-04T03:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=107356"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:09:32","slug":"trump-tells-german-chancellor-merz-irans-military-has-been-knocked-out-warns-of-further-pain-for-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=107356","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tells German Chancellor Merz Iran\u2019s Military Has Been \u201cKnocked Out,\u201d Warns of Further Pain for Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Washington, March 2026 : US President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> on Tuesday welcomed German Chancellor <strong>Friedrich Merz<\/strong> to the Oval Office and projected the ongoing US-led military campaign against Iran as decisive, far-reaching and overwhelming. Framing the operation as a near-total dismantling of Tehran\u2019s military capabilities, Trump said Iran\u2019s leadership now faced \u201ca lot of hurt\u201d as the campaign intensified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seated alongside Vice President <strong>J. D. Vance<\/strong>, Secretary of State <strong>Marco Rubio<\/strong> and senior cabinet officials, Trump praised Merz as \u201ca very successful man\u201d who was \u201cdoing a very good job\u201d and enjoying strong public support at home. He said their discussions would cover key global issues, including trade relations, the war in Ukraine and the rapidly escalating confrontation with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the Iran conflict at length, Trump described what he called a sweeping military blow delivered by US and allied forces. \u201cThey have no navy; it\u2019s been knocked out. They have no air force; it\u2019s been knocked out. They have no air detection; that\u2019s been knocked out. Their radar has been knocked out,\u201d he said, asserting that Iran\u2019s core military infrastructure had been neutralised. \u201cWe have a great military, and they\u2019re doing a fantastic job,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chancellor Merz indicated broad alignment with Washington\u2019s position on Tehran, describing the Iranian leadership as a destabilising force. \u201cWe are on the same page in terms of getting this terrible regime in Tehran away,\u201d he said, adding that the two leaders would also discuss the \u201cday after\u201d scenario and what political arrangements might follow if Iran\u2019s current leadership were removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to questions on whether Israel had pushed the United States into military action, Trump rejected the suggestion. \u201cNo, I might have forced their hand,\u201d he said, claiming intelligence assessments and diplomatic engagements had convinced him that Iran was preparing to strike first. \u201cIt was my opinion that they were going to attack first,\u201d Trump asserted, framing the campaign as pre-emptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US President accused Iran of deliberately targeting civilians and neighbouring countries uninvolved in the conflict. \u201cThey hit countries that had nothing to do with what\u2019s going on,\u201d he said, describing such actions as evidence of \u201cthe level of evil that we\u2019re dealing with.\u201d Trump further alleged that Iranian attacks had focused on civilian locations such as hotels and apartment buildings, while claiming US strikes were aimed at military and leadership targets. \u201cThey\u2019re going to be in for a lot of hurt. These are bad people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump also made dramatic claims about internal unrest in Iran, stating that tens of thousands of protesters had been violently killed in recent weeks and that senior leadership figures had been eliminated in early strikes. He suggested further blows had been delivered to what he described as \u201cnew leadership,\u201d though he did not provide verifiable details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning to Ukraine, Merz stressed the shared desire among Western allies to see the war end swiftly, while underscoring Kyiv\u2019s security concerns. \u201cWe all want to see this war coming to an end as soon as possible. But Ukraine has to preserve its territory and their security interests,\u201d he said. Trump agreed that the conflict ranked high among his priorities, but emphasised the deep hostility between <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> and <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>, remarking that \u201ctremendous hatred\u201d complicated any resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany remains one of Washington\u2019s most important allies in Europe and a central pillar of <strong>NATO<\/strong> and European Union policymaking, working closely with the United States on security, sanctions and strategic coordination amid multiple global crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The content of this article is sourced from a news agency and has not been edited by the Mavericknews30 team.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, March 2026 : US President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the Oval Office and projected the ongoing US-led military campaign against Iran as decisive, far-reaching and overwhelming. Framing the operation as a near-total dismantling of Tehran\u2019s military capabilities, Trump said Iran\u2019s leadership now faced \u201ca lot of hurt\u201d as &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":107357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[81],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-107356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107358,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107356\/revisions\/107358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107356"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=107356"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=107356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}