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Trump: 2025 strikes 'obliterated Iran's nuclear potential' but 'they started again' — reveals war motivation
·Kentucky, USA
At Kentucky rally, Trump frames current war as preventing Iran from restarting nuclear program after 2025 strikes. 'That's why we've got to finish it. We don't want to go back every two years.'
Speaking at a rally in Kentucky, President Trump provided the clearest framing yet of the motivation behind the current military campaign against Iran. Trump stated that the 2025 strikes had 'obliterated Iran's nuclear potential' but that Iran had 'started again,' necessitating the current war. 'That's why we've got to finish it. We don't want to go back every two years,' Trump told supporters. This statement reveals the administration's view that the current conflict is a continuation of the 2025 strikes aimed at permanently preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons capability, rather than a response to a single provocation.