Trump reiterates U.S. willingness to strike Iranian nuclear sites, says Iran 'degraded'

President Trump described a stepped-up U.S. posture toward Iran and said prior U.S. policy changes and operations had reduced Iranian capabilities. He credited his administration with terminating the 2015 nuclear agreement and with earlier strikes on nuclear-related sites, which he said prevented Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

"If we left right now, it would take Iran 20, 25 years to rebuild," President Trump said, arguing the U.S. had imposed damage that would require decades to recover from. He added the United States retains military options and said the administration would "absolutely attack" any sites where Iran was "even thinking about nuclear" activity.

When pressed about reports that centrifuges had been moved into a mountain site, the president said the presence of centrifuges alone is not decisive without the nuclear material and that U.S. monitoring follows "the material." He told a reporter it "may be" that centrifuges were present but stopped short of confirming intelligence on the record and said additional targeting would follow the presence of material.

The remarks combined policy claims, historical assertions about past U.S. actions, and non-specific references to future military options. Reporters asked follow-up questions about the timeline and evidence; the president stressed both the military and diplomatic tracks while providing no on-the-record operational details.