President Donald Trump said Monday that combat operations against Iran may already be nearing their end.
The president made the comments during a phone interview reported by CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang in a thread posted Monday afternoon on social media platform X.
Trump said the conflict that began just days ago under Operation Epic Fury has already accomplished much of what the United States set out to do.
“I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” Trump told Jiang.
“They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force,” the president said.
Trump also said the operation is moving far faster than he originally anticipated.
Asked about Iran’s new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who Trump has openly criticized, he said, “I have no message for him. None, whatsoever.” Trump said he has someone in mind to replace Khamenei, but he did not elaborate.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia)March 9, 2026
According to Jiang’s report, the president said the United States is “very far” ahead of the initial four- to five-week timeline he had initially estimated.
The remarks come a little more than a week after Trump authorized large-scale airstrikes across Iran in a joint effort with Israel.
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