President Donald Trump delivered an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, threatening to annihilate the Iranian regime if they neglect to make a deal with the United States. "I have a big decision to make," Trump told the assembly, which included a delegation from Iran.
"Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever war before, maybe the greatest in the Middle East or even the world?" "Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?
Do I drive them into Hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?" he continued.
Trump went on to claim that he expects to make a deal with Iran following the midterm elections, noting "it doesn’t make sense for them not to." He claimed the potential outcome of the elections in November have played no role in his political calculation regarding the war that has extended for nearly seven months and fractured his political coalition. "It doesn't even enter my mind.
The only thing that does is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," he said, prompting applause. Trump also pushed back on reports of depleted U.S. munitions, describing them as a false narrative peddled by "cowards and traitors." "We have more munitions than we could ever possibly even think of using, and we're building them at levels that we have never done before.
We are adding to our stockpiles faster than we have ever been able to do before; top-of-the-line stuff. In addition, in the very near future, massive munition plants will be opening," he said.