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BumRushDaShow

(167,473 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:00 AM 12 hrs ago

Reporter Corners Trump on What's Left to Bomb If He 'Totally Obliterated' Iran's Nuclear Sites

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 13th, 2026, 6:21 pm


In a Friday appearance before reporters from the tarmac at Fort Bragg, President Donald Trump was questioned on what's left to bomb in Iran if he truly "totally obliterated" the country's nuclear sites as he's previously claimed.

The off-camera reporter cited Trump's speech after last June's military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, in which he deemed the bombings a "spectacular" success that had "completely and totally obliterated" their targets. "What's left to go after?" questioned the reporter.

"Well, you could get whatever the dust is down there," responded Trump. "That's really the least of the mission. If we do it, that would be the least of the mission. But we'd, you know, probably grab whatever's left," before adding that Iran "has been obliterated, as you know."

Last week, Trump spoke with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas, insisting that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, "should be very worried" about U.S. threats of force. According to a Friday report from The New York Times, when Trump threatened military action on Iran last month, "the Pentagon was in a poor position to back him up."

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/reporter-corners-trump-on-whats-left-to-bomb-if-he-totally-obliterated-irans-nuclear-sites/



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Reporter Corners Trump on What's Left to Bomb If He 'Totally Obliterated' Iran's Nuclear Sites (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
He couldn't answer the question. He's a cornered criminal rat that will do anything to divert from the Epstein files. mobeau69 12 hrs ago #1
".....probably grab....." democrank 11 hrs ago #2
Grab whatever is in the vaults like the Bush people did in Baghdad when they got there. LiberalArkie 7 hrs ago #9
He is governed by whim--his and others. pandr32 7 hrs ago #11
Reminds me of a stupid textbook from the Forties. no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #3
Use witchcraft to reanimate you so they can do it again? Harker 9 hrs ago #8
I really like that this reporter asked this. johnnyfins 10 hrs ago #4
It is like a breath of hope. pandr32 7 hrs ago #12
Use his ridiculous, over the top, language johnnyfins 10 hrs ago #5
...and that damned Sweden... Dave Id 9 hrs ago #6
Its not Sweden, its Norway Escurumbele 25 min ago #21
He has said if we are at war there will be no elections KS Toronado 9 hrs ago #7
"Wag the Dog" Seinan Sensei 2 hrs ago #19
Shut the fuck up, Donnie. paleotn 7 hrs ago #10
A poll question I'd like to see: How much of his brain do you Trump still has? My A: Exp 6 hrs ago #13
Translation: usonian 5 hrs ago #14
There is precedent for what Orange Julius was talking about. generalbetrayus 5 hrs ago #15
Oh, I forgot about that one! ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #17
Radioactive Dust? 2na fisherman 4 hrs ago #16
He constantly shows his ignorance about everything. ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #18
Of course Iran won't think of complaining, will they? Aussie105 1 hr ago #20

mobeau69

(12,268 posts)
1. He couldn't answer the question. He's a cornered criminal rat that will do anything to divert from the Epstein files.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:13 AM
12 hrs ago

Grow a spine pukes before he destroys the world.

LiberalArkie

(19,534 posts)
9. Grab whatever is in the vaults like the Bush people did in Baghdad when they got there.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:47 AM
7 hrs ago

Remember Heritage is old school. Old school says that war is to rape and pillage the defeated country. Take their treasury back home to fill the conquerors vaults.

pandr32

(14,035 posts)
11. He is governed by whim--his and others.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:08 AM
7 hrs ago

There is nothing strategic whatsoever. He is like a kid playing with toy soldiers before his mommy tells him to go to bed.

no_hypocrisy

(54,622 posts)
3. Reminds me of a stupid textbook from the Forties.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:41 AM
11 hrs ago

It said that if a person in Massachusetts were found guilty of witchcraft, for the first offense, he/she would burned to death.

Which leads me to the next question: What did they do to you if you did it again?

pandr32

(14,035 posts)
12. It is like a breath of hope.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:14 AM
7 hrs ago

We need more of this by intelligent reporters. Old lardass needs to be exposed as the vacuous airbag he is--all greed and no reason.
The lights are on, but nobody's home.
Excellent point made!

Escurumbele

(4,053 posts)
21. Its not Sweden, its Norway
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:05 PM
25 min ago

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded and presented in Norway (specifically Oslo) by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member group appointed by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting). While other Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden, this specific award follows the will of Alfred Nobel.

KS Toronado

(23,433 posts)
7. He has said if we are at war there will be no elections
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 09:02 AM
9 hrs ago

he'll start one but it'll be a short one lasting only a few weeks, ending the first week of Nov.

paleotn

(21,885 posts)
10. Shut the fuck up, Donnie.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:50 AM
7 hrs ago

Or perhaps don't shut the fuck up. You're just digging yourself deeper every time your dementia brain connects with your yap.

Exp

(835 posts)
13. A poll question I'd like to see: How much of his brain do you Trump still has? My A:
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:55 AM
6 hrs ago

He could just "probably grab whatever's left" with his tiny, tiny hands.

generalbetrayus

(1,626 posts)
15. There is precedent for what Orange Julius was talking about.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:59 PM
5 hrs ago

My older brother flew an A-7 attack bomber over North Vietnam for six weeks shortly after the notorious Christmas carpet bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. He told my mother that he didn't know why he was making those bombing runs because all he was doing was "making the rubble bounce",

ShazzieB

(22,372 posts)
17. Oh, I forgot about that one!
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 02:13 PM
4 hrs ago

Fucking Tricky Dick.

So many unnecessary atrocities in that war (not that atrocities are EVER necessary, of course). Every escalation just dug us in deeper and led to further escalation.

When I was in college in the early 70s, a popular graffiti slogan was; "Nixon pull out (like your father should have)!"

2na fisherman

(285 posts)
16. Radioactive Dust?
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:50 PM
4 hrs ago

"Well, you could get whatever the dust is down there." If there are any remnants of nuclear materials down there, it sure doesn't make sense to scatter them with more bombing runs. He shows his ignorance about the hazards of such materials by making statements like this. But he's the President who reportedly said, "We have nukes, why can't we use them?"

ShazzieB

(22,372 posts)
18. He constantly shows his ignorance about everything.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 02:19 PM
4 hrs ago

He knows NOTHING about ANYTHING, but insists that he knows "more than anybody" about EVERYTHING.

Aussie105

(7,737 posts)
20. Of course Iran won't think of complaining, will they?
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:05 PM
1 hr ago

They will just bow down and apologize for being sneaky, won't they?

And they won't think of some sort of kickback, will they?

Won't be thinking of a plane hijack and flying it into some US buildings. 9/11 style, or putting a bomb on a plane like the Lockerbie plane crash?
Would they be that rude?

Questions:
1. Does Donny not know or learn from history?
2. It's not paranoia thinking others are out to do you harm if you have given them lots of reasons to do so.
3. Trump is using a big shovel to bury fallout from Epstein. Should we let him?

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