Trump to celebrate July 4 at the White House with the military flight crew behind Iran Strike
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Addressing a crowd of Iowa supporters on Thursday evening, President Donald Trump announced that the military flight team that launched the strikes on Iranian nuclear installations would be honored in the White House on independence day.
Trump said that he had challenged the first media reports suggesting that Iran strikes only partially damaged the objectives because he considered it an insult to the “big” American soldiers who executed the mission.
“”Remember when CNN said he was not erased? It may have been damaged or damaged, but erased is too strong a word. No, it was erased. It has now been proven, “said Trump.
“”They were trying to lower me saying that, but they really degraded these big pilots, the people and the mechanisms that made these planes pass over there and were able to shoot from top to bottom, going very, very quickly, with potentially a lot of things that were drawn from them, and struck everyone, “he said. And they came out of the plane, and they said:” What?
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President Donald Trump announced that the military flight team that launched strikes on Iranian nuclear installations will be honored in the White House on independence day. (Reuters and Maxar Technologies via AP)
“”These people have made one of the greatest military successes and maneuvers in the history of our country, and I want them to be appreciated for that, “the president continued.” So they arrive. They come to the White House tomorrow night. “”
“”They will be in Washington tomorrow in the White House, and we are going to celebrate. “”
Trump said the White House will not only welcome the pilots, but the whole flight team, including “people who piloted other planes” and “the mechanisms that made these planes pass for 37 hours without stopping”.
“”China, Russia, they all looked at. Everyone was looking at, “he said.” We have the best equipment in the world. We have the biggest people in the world, and we have the strongest soldiers in the world. “”
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A map of the United States strikes Iran. (Fox News)
During his speech Thursday, Trump also said that Iran had called before their reprisal strike at the American military base in Qatar to eliminate the attack with the White House.
“”They called me to tell me that they have to shoot us. It was Iran. Very respectful. This means that they respect us because we dropped 14 bombs. They said we would like to take you 14 shots. I said, “Go ahead, I understand,” he said.
“They said where they would do it. I said,” Good. “We have emptied the fort.
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President Donald Trump is expressed at the Fairgrounds of Iowa State at monks, in Iowa, Thursday, July 3, 2025. Trump intends to present his plans to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, in addition to highlighting his attempt to codify tax reforms, immigration and social protection at the Congress. (Photographer: Scott Morgan / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump said Iran had gone so far as to ask what time of the day would be acceptable to their reprisal strike.
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“They said:” Sir, 1h00 agree? “I said it was good, (they said):” We could get there later. And we had no one other than four artillerymen, “he said. “”So, all of a sudden, they said: “We are ready”. And they were a little nervous at the idea of doing it. I mean, you can imagine, they were pretty nice – it’s Iran – to call me and tell me that they would like to shoot me 14 times, so they want to shoot us. And I said, go for it. And they pulled 14 very fast, very fast missiles, each of them was regularly shot by these four incredible armed men. And they did their job. And it was the end of that. “”
