June 21 2025 Address American People

### About this speech Donald Trump June 21, 2025 Source The White House President Donald Trump, surrounded by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, addresses the American people after the U.S. military bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran. Working in partnership with Israel, the United States hoped to end Iran's efforts to build a nuclear bomb. At the time of President Trump's remarks, it was unclear if the strikes had been successful. [Presidential Speeches](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches) | Donald Trump Presidency ## June 21, 2025: Address to the American People [Play Video](https://dvydlafohk4qa.cloudfront.net/video/trump_address_nation_06_21_2025.mp4)   Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 [ Download audio ](https://dvydlafohk4qa.cloudfront.net/audio/trump_address_nation_06_21_2025_1.mp3 "\(opens in a new window\)") Embed Your browser does not support the video tag. [Miller Center: June 21, 2025: Address to the American People](https://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-21-2025-address-american-people) Download media * [Download Full Video](https://dvydlafohk4qa.cloudfront.net/video/trump_address_nation_06_21_2025.mp4?download=1) * [Download Audio](https://dvydlafohk4qa.cloudfront.net/audio/trump_address_nation_06_21_2025_1.mp3?download=1) View Transcript ### Transcript Thank you very much. A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive, p
recision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime. Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror. Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier. For 40 years, Iran has been saying "death to America, death to Israel." They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We lost over 1,000 people and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East, and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate in particular. So many were killed by their general, Qassim Soleimani. I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue. I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we've gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they've done. And most importantly, I want to congratulate the great American patriots
 who flew those magnificent machines tonight, and all of the United States military on an operation the likes of which the world has not seen in many, many decades. Hopefully, we will no longer need their services in this capacity. I hope that's so. I also want to congratulate the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan 'Razin' Caine, spectacular general, and all of the brilliant military minds involved in this attack. With all of that being said, this cannot continue. There will be either peace, or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal. But if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed, and skill. Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes. There's no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight. Not even close. There has never been a military that could do what took place just a little while ago. Tomorrow, General Caine, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will have a press conference at 8 a.m. at the Pentagon. And I want to just thank everybody. And, in particular, God--I want to just say, we love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them. God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you. View Transcript Previous [March 4, 2025: Address to a Joint Session of 
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