Below are some of the key highlights from President Donald Trump’s speech at the Shield of the Americas Summit on March 7.
Rebuilding the Military and Operations in Iran
In his March 7 speech, Trump said he had spent his entire first term rebuilding the U.S. military into the strongest force in the world. He cited recent military operations in Iran, claiming that within three days the United States had destroyed 42 Iranian naval vessels, along with elements of its air force and telecommunications systems.
“We’re getting very good results in Iran. In just three days, we disabled 42 of their naval vessels, some of them very large. That essentially ended their naval capability. We also took down Iran’s air force and destroyed their communications systems; their entire telecommunications network has been paralyzed. I’m not sure how they are communicating now, but they’ll probably find a way, although clearly things are not going smoothly for them,” Trump said.