United States President, Donald Trump, said on Friday that he feels honoured to be killing members of Iran’s leadership, describing them as “deranged scumbags.”
“They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honour it is to do so!” Trump posted on social media shortly after midnight in Washington.
Former Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and several other senior figures in Tehran have been killed since the war launched by the United States and Israel on February 28.
Trump also criticised media reports that questioned the success of the military campaign, insisting that the United States was winning the conflict.
Iran’s military, he said, is “being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth.”
“We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time — Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump’s Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said the US military would intensify its attacks on Friday, promising the heaviest bombardment since the war began.
“In fact, today will be yet again the highest volume of strikes that America has put over the skies of Iran and Tehran,” he told a press conference.
(AFP)