This is a breaking news alert… President Trump told Iran he would strike WITHIN the next two weeks if they did not agree to a complete surrender — and apparently he determined that would never happen and the risks of continuing to wait were too great. Here is the announcement directly from President Trump on TruthSocial: FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT if this is easier to read: We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Estahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. Initial polling shows support for President Trump and the strikes at 63% and I expect this will only climb over time: There’s a lot in flux right now, but here’s a quick summary of all we know so far: Trump Confirms U.S. Strikes on Iran: President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. conducted successful airstrikes on three major Iranian nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. B-2 Bombers and Bunker-Busters Used: The strikes were carried out using U.S. B-2 stealth bombers, reportedly deploying GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs — the only weapons capable of destroying heavily fortified underground nuclear facilities like Fordow. Trump Calls It Historic: Trump called the strikes a “HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD,” urging Iran to “now agree to end this war.” Diplomacy Exhausted: Before the attack, Trump explored diplomacy, including backchannel talks in Istanbul via Turkey’s President Erdoğan, but Iran’s Supreme Leader remained unreachable, and the effort collapsed. Escalation in the Middle East: The strikes came amid a 9-day-long war between Israel and Iran, where Israel had already significantly damaged Iran’s air defenses and missile systems. Strategic Coordination with Israel: The Trump administration coordinated with Israel ahead of the strike. Israel had previously requested U.S. assistance to destroy Fordow, a site believed to be beyond their strike capabilities. Potential for Retaliation: Iran has threatened retaliation. U.S. forces in the region are on alert, and the Houthis in Yemen warned they may resume attacks on U.S. vessels in the Red Sea. Trump’s Base Reacts Mixed: While some Republicans like Sen. John Fetterman praised the strikes, others like Rep. Thomas Massie expressed constitutional concerns. Some Trump-aligned conservatives cautioned against foreign entanglements. Massive Weaponry Explained: Military analysts confirmed only U.S. forces could deliver the 30,000-pound bunker-buster used to hit Fordow, which lies 300 feet beneath a mountain. Trump to Address the Nation: Trump announced a formal address to the nation at 10 p.m. ET, promising to explain the operation and path forward. To say the strikes were successful is apparently an understatement as President Trump reports Fordow is not just damaged but GONE: Watch more here: BREAKING: President Trump’s strike on Iran “effectively DESTROYED Iran’s capability to enrich uranium at the level they would need [for a weapon].” “There are THOUSANDS of centrifuges in these sites.” HUGE. pic.twitter.com/IxXQuXrwbc — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 22, 2025 President Trump will be addressing the Nation tonight at 10pm Eastern Time: I will be giving an Address to the Nation at 10:00 P.M., at the White House, regarding our very successful military operation in Iran. This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR. THANK YOU! — Trump Posts on ? (@trump_repost) June 22, 2025 As for this reporter, I personally fall into this camp: I didn’t actively want Trump to bomb Iran. I support Israel, but this didn’t feel like our fight. Now that he’s done it, though… I don’t mind? It should all blow over quickly enough, and I trust him not to get us entangled in a prolonged war in the Middle East. Anyone else? pic.twitter.com/lf8kx7mONE — Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) June 22, 2025 No troops on the ground. No regime change. No “forever conflict”. Just one and done, in and out. Finished. President Trump basically wants this to be like the Solimani strike – one and done. No regime change war. Trump the Peacemaker! pic.twitter.com/kopHmUXPU0 — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) June 21, 2025 If you’d like to go even deeper, I thought this was an excellent summary for anyone who prefers to watch video: TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump just struck Iran. Three nuclear sites have been struck — Esfahan, Natanz, and Fordo. Now, Donald Trump says all American airships are now in safe space, outside of Iranian airspace. My expectation, as it has been over the last few days, is that Donald Trump would never actually announce ahead of time that these strikes are going to occur, because they would jeopardize America — the American mission. It appears now the mission is complete. What’s very interesting here is we have now struck facilities that have already been struck twice — or actually multiple times — by the Israelis. Natanz has been struck repeatedly since almost day one of this incursion. This is one of your uranium enrichment sites. Esfahan is also an enrichment site, but what’s unique about Esfahan is it’s a storage facility for enriched uranium — at least that’s where it was last seen by the IAEA inspectors, who were allegedly inspecting nuclear sites within Iran multiple times per day, up until the Israeli strikes began. Now Fordo, as far as we’re aware and have been told, has not been struck by Israelis yet. But just this morning, we put a video together suggesting that the Israeli military was clearing the path from the Persian Gulf to the south of Iran — and likely where aircraft from the United States would enter Iranian airspace, potentially from Qatar or the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, or wherever else. It all aligns now that strikes have taken place today. Obviously, it is Saturday — it’s a weekend — Bitcoin has fallen to about 101, which is just below its 102 support line. So we’re seeing some negative market reaction. This does mean the United States has stepped foot into this war of Iran versus Israel. And questions now are — is this it? Donald Trump suggests that the next best phase is a peaceful next phase. That is — hopefully we can return to peace. These were in my scenarios with my course members in the Alpha Report, and we’ve talked about this on the channel as well. So my best-case scenario, when we set up trading scenarios, we say okay — if this, then this, right? So for example, we might say, “Hey, if Circle goes down in the first five minutes of trade, be prepared to pick up a bounce on it because it could shoot up 20%.” It’s exactly what happened on Friday, for example. You could look at the history of it — you can go look at the Alpha Report, history of it, in the course member live streams. But the point is, we gave scenarios for best-case scenarios. Best-case scenario number one was a negotiated solution — obviously, some form of capitulation from Iran, that they would stop enriching prior to strikes from the United States. Khamenei obviously made it very clear this morning that the negotiations in Geneva were not acceptable — started allocating and delegating replacements to himself as well as others in the Iranian military and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard should they be taken out — suggesting this really heel-digging in by Iran. This idea of: “Alright look, we’re not going to go to zero enrichment. These deals that were being offered in Geneva are not good. We’re not interested in these negotiations, so we’re just going to set up and dig in here.” Unfortunately, that came at the same time as we were bringing more B-2 bombers into the region. So unsurprisingly, negotiations weren’t going anywhere and we were basically walking up towards these strikes occurring — which have now officially been carried out. Now, we’ve talked about Esfahan — we don’t know if the 15 barrels of highly enriched uranium are actually at Esfahan. We don’t know if they have now been destroyed through the bombs that the United States has dropped. It is expected that the United States is basically coming in as the mop-up crew. So in other words, we are striking in a manner that the Israelis cannot. The Israelis take out anti-aircraft launchers such as SAM — surface-to-air missile facilities or vehicles — and then also prepare a path for B-2 bombers. B-2 bombers get refueled off the coast of Iran — very normal. Yes, a B-2 bomber fully loaded without bombs — in other words, fully fueled without bombs — could make it to Iran from a significant distance. However, once you’re carrying 30,000 lb bombs, this is a little different. Now we’re going to have to wait and see what kind of footage comes out of the actual bombardments. But Donald Trump suggests that these strikes have been successful. I would suspect there were likely — in the neighborhood to hit three different sites — we’re probably looking at somewhere between 6 to 12 B-2 bombers that were used in this attack. Each dropping about two bombs, along with potentially also F-16s, which we’ve already seen building up in Saudi Arabia, in bases that the United States and Allied forces can operate in. So what does this mean? Well, we talked Esfahan — potentially some of the enriched uranium, had it not been moved, is now destroyed. Generally, enriched uranium is not considered a nuclear hazard for fallout purposes — so less of a concern there. Natanz has already been bombarded pretty heavily, so it’s likely that just got finished off. Now the strike on Fordo — we’ve been talking about for about a week now — this should be, based on what we’re hearing, the first strike on Fordo, and it’s basically the initial strike and the final strike. So now the question is — first best-case scenario was a negotiated solution before strikes. Second best-case scenario is a negotiated solution after strikes. What we’re hoping for now — and sorry if I have food in my teeth, I literally stepped out of a wedding because I saw these strikes were taking place — so what happens when you have notifications on for Truth Social — and a shout out to the team as well for being like, “Kevin, are you on this?” Anyway, so now the first case scenario didn’t work out — negotiated solution before strikes — that didn’t happen. Best next case scenario is a negotiated solution post-strikes. This is where Iran basically says, “Okay look, we effed up. We give up. We will go to zero enrichment.” Because again, you have to remember — and I understand this is sort of boring, like science — but you have to understand: If you enrich U-235 for peaceful purposes, you could also use that U-235 for weapons. You can’t start a nuclear — a peaceful nuclear program — you can’t start the fission reactions without U-235. You can have a bunch — you can have 97% U-238 — but you need that 3% U-235. So you need that 235 nuclear energy grade and weapons grade uranium, which you have to refine through centrifugal processes. Even a peaceful program yields a plutonium U-239 — sorry, plutonium 239 — which can also be used in weapons. So the component in a peaceful energy program can be used for weapons. The byproduct of a peaceful energy program can be used in weapons. And then obviously, you could just use straight up U-235 for weapons themselves. So now best-case scenario is Iran backs down and says: “Well, we’re done. We won’t enrich anymore. You got us. You hit us hard. Done.” A lot of people have been asking me — how could they have potentially struck? Because it’s not just a 2D surface of knowing where to strike — where a spy basically paints a spot, a GPS coordinate, and you strike that spot. It is also a third dimension of knowing how deep to go. You have to get through potential false cavities, false tunnels — and you have to make sure the bomb doesn’t go too far. Otherwise even a 30,000 lb bomb — which is mostly metal, 25,000 lb of it are metal, 5,000 lb of the actual warhead — you have to actually target that to detonate at the right three-dimensional depth. I suspect it’s likely that the United States had satellite imagery of when these sites were constructed and basically went into the archives to say, “Oh okay, yeah we know exactly what’s going where.” And that’s how these strikes were carried out in a successful manner. Now then again, we also have to evaluate — were the strikes really successful? Because everything Trump does is successful — okay, his words — so we kind of have to take that with a little bit of a grain of salt. But let’s assume for a moment that the strikes were not successful — very embarrassing for Donald Trump. It is possible Iran could argue that the strikes were not successful. And this would go into a third-case scenario — which is not one of our first or second best-case scenarios — it is a worst-case scenario. And it is a situation where Iran says: “Your strikes failed. You didn’t get our stuff. Now we’re definitely making a bomb.” This is bad — because it potentially leads to a protracted war, prolonged war or conflict. And then of course, worst-case scenario number four is some form of actual troop deployment to verify — or commando-supported deployment by the Israelis supported by the U.S. — to verify that the job is complete and the Iranians are not enriching uranium. Notice — none of what I’m saying is regime change. You don’t want regime change. Because then you have — we’ve talked about this so much, I’m sorry, I feel like this is redundant — very as quickly as possible: If you take out a regime, you leave a power vacuum. Who’s going to replace it? You going to somehow orchestrate elections like you did in Iraq? Nobody’s going to trust the elections. Are you going to put the Israeli military in position? Nobody’s going to trust them or believe that — and you got a Gaza 2.0 — nobody wants that. You going to take a U.S.-assigned government? Nobody wants that either. So the people would have to elect a government and trust that election process — it just hasn’t been successfully done. What’s better is that the regime realizes: “Alright, we’re not going to enrich uranium. We step back.” So the question now is: How bad is the response going to be? And that’s what we have to see. Hopefully, the strikes — indeed now that they have been carried out — hopefully the strikes were indeed successful. If they were indeed successful, then yes — we can get to a negotiated solution. If Iran is open to it — let’s hope. Because if not, we get into a situation where oil skyrockets over 100 — potentially we get retaliation in the Strait of Hormuz shutting down. And now we’re in a situation where oil is over 100, over 125 — we start getting into recessionary territory based on consumer purchasing power going in an environment where employment is already very weak. Now that’s not existing unemployment levels — it would be the level of hiring. Hiring is very weak. Job vacancies are weak. So it’s a rough time — it’s a sensitive time — for the economy to try to absorb more of this sort of damage. So I’ll just have to wait and see what happens. Follow for more. I will keep you updated. Thank you so much.