{"id":559476,"date":"2026-04-02T03:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559476\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:33:10","slug":"controlled-escalation-trump-hails-victories-in-iran-but-vows-more-strikes-in-next-few-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559476\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled escalation? Trump hails \u2018victories\u2019 in Iran but vows more strikes in next few weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared the US\u2011Israel war against Iran had delivered \u201cdecisive, overwhelming victories\u201d, even as he signalled that key military objectives were still \u201cnearing completion\u201d and that further strikes could inflict heavy damage on targets in the country.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe are going to hit them extremely hard. Over the next two to three weeks, we are going to bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing,\u201d he said in a televised address to the nation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775100790_913_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">WATCH: Donald Trump addresses nation<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Donald Trump addresses nation<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As the highly unpopular conflict has rapidly escalated into a regional and global crisis, Trump appeared to reassure the American public and ask for patience.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cOur objectives are very simple and clear. We are systematically dismantling the regime\u2019s ability to threaten America or project power outside their borders,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthe core strategic objectives are nearing completion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cArmed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield \u2013 victories like few people have ever seen before,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cNever in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks,\u201d he added, claiming that Iran\u2019s navy was \u201cabsolutely destroyed\u201d and the air force was in \u201cruins\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared the US\u2011Israel war against Iran had delivered \u201cdecisive, overwhelming victories\u201d, even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6740,197013,4,450,144,12,451,158238,801,803,31737,643,227200,5855,3,1572,131,210369,153670,452,453],"class_list":["post-559476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-ali-larijani","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-marco-rubio","tag-mohammad-pakpour","tag-nato","tag-news","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-tehran","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}