On Wednesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took a victory lap on behalf of the Trump Administration for finally ridding the Middle East of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his terrorist regime.
“​Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the rogue Iranian terrorist regime is being absolutely crushed. 47 years of tolerating and enabling the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism are over,” Leavitt said at the opening of Wednesday’s press briefing.
“Iran’s murderous terrorist leaders are paying for their crimes against America — and they are paying in blood,” Leavitt continued. “Since 1979, the terrorist Iranian regime has actively and intentionally facilitated the killings of Americans. They chant ‘death to America’ and fund other radical terrorists who attack our country and who are seeking to destroy Western civilization itself.”
“These terrorists seized our embassy and took 66 Americans hostage in Tehran. They slaughtered 241 U.S. Service Members with a truck bombing in Beirut. They killed and maimed hundreds of American servicemembers in Iraq. And this is just a small fraction of their blood-soaked record.”
“Prior leaders have been too weak and ineffective to address this threat. Some, like Barack Hussein Obama, even sent pallets of cash that ultimately financed this terrorist crusade against the United States and our people, while signing stupid and naive deals that put Iran on the path to developing nuclear bombs.”
“After years of endless appeasement and empty statements from politicians from both sides of the political aisle in this town, President Trump is finally the man of action. President Trump is holding these monsters accountable and permanently extinguishing their nuclear ambitions.”
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.@PressSec: "Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the rogue Iranian terrorist regime is being absolutely CRUSHED. 47 years of tolerating and enabling the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism are over." pic.twitter.com/RKCGdHNOXe
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