'We do not want to use weapons': Trump delivered an address to the nation after the Iran attack

After 16 hours of deliberation, US President Donald Trump formulated a response to Iran’s missile strike at US bases in Iraq. He refrained from declaring war, but also did not offer peace, writes Air force.

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“Iran is retreating, which is good news for the world,” Trump said, adding that no Americans or Iraqis were killed in Tuesday’s attack and damage to U.S. bases in Iraq was minimal.

Iran avenged the death of General Kassem Suleimani, who was killed by an American missile on the orders of Trump.

Trump once again called Soleimani, the ideologist of Iran's foreign and military policy in the Middle East, “the main terrorist in the world” and promised to continue pressure on Tehran.

“As long as I am president, Iran will never be a nuclear power,” Trump began the press conference, which he entered surrounded by the entire top of the security bloc and half an hour late.

What else did trump say

• The United States “continues to consider options for responding to Iranian aggression.”
• The US will introduce new sanctions against Iran. He did not specify what - the current restrictions are already draconian and do not leave much room for tightening.
• “Iran must abandon its nuclear ambitions and stop supporting terrorism.”
• The time has come for Russia, China, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, following the United States, to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran and begin to prepare a new one.
• NATO needs to be more actively involved in what is happening in the Middle East.
• “The power of the US military has never been greater. Our missiles are large, accurate and fast. We create supersonic rockets. And we do not strive, we do not want to use them. U.S. power—military and economic—is the best tool of deterrence.”

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Peaceful Trump

Republicans in Congress publicly supported the US President's statements, calling Donald Trump's speech “balanced and peaceful.”

“An action of retaliation just for the sake of carrying out an action of retaliation was not necessary, not a single American was killed,” influential Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC television.

Another close supporter of the US President, Congressman Mark Meadows, clarified that the head of the White House made it clear to the whole world that “America prefers the possibility of de-escalation rather than war.”

Democrats in Congress, in turn, continue to insist that Trump's peace-loving rhetoric cannot be regarded as a guarantee that the United States will not start a full-blown military conflict in the Middle East.

“Congress must reclaim the full powers granted by the Constitution and limit the powers of the President of the United States so that he cannot declare war without first receiving congressional approval,” said House Majority Leader David Cicilini.

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"A Slap in the Face of America"

Within 16 hours after night rocket fire Trump remained silent without writing a single tweet. At the same time, his spokeswoman said that the president is working and is actively consulting with national security advisers.

At about 3 a.m. Moscow time on Wednesday, Iran fired dozens of ballistic missiles at American military facilities located in Iraq. According to the Pentagon, there were 10 missiles, but the Iranian press reported 30.

"This is a slap in the face to America," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday afternoon in a special televised speech. “But such a military operation is not enough. It is important to end America's corrupting presence in the region,” he said.

About the dead as a result of the Iranian shelling is not reported. At NATO headquarters, said that the alliance has no casualties in Iraq. A Pentagon source told a CNN correspondent that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps seems to have deliberately fired on objects that weren’t human in order to avoid casualties, but to preserve the symbolic significance of such an attack.

The bases hit by Iran were used primarily for training the Iraqi military. Two years ago, Trump came to Al-Assad on Christmas Day - he congratulated the soldiers and in his speech explained the reasons and benefits of the withdrawal of American troops from Syria.

In 2015, Al-Assad was repeatedly attacked by IS fighters (a group banned in Russia).

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and others condemned Tehran's missile strike.

Iraqi President Barham Saleh, on whose territory both Iranian shelling and the American drone attack on Suleymani, condemned the violation of the sovereignty of the country and the transformation of Iraq into a third-party battle arena.

The Syrian government supported Iran, blaming the escalation of the situation on the United States. The Russian Foreign Ministry remained neutral, noting in a statement that Russia had predicted rising tensions in the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who flew to Damascus the day before, in a conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, complained that “the situation in the region is worsening.”

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