Trump admits lack of ‘cutting-edge weaponry’, but says US has supplies for ‘forever war’

US President Donald Trump participates in a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House in Washington REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst United States President Donald Trump admitted this Tuesday that the country is “not where it wants to be” in relation to the amount of cutting-edge weapons it has. However, according to Trump, the US has “practically unlimited” stocks of medium and medium-high range weapons. “As I was told today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons. Wars can be fought ‘forever’ and very successfully, using only these supplies (which are better than the best weapons in other countries!)”, he stated in a publication in Truth Social. Also according to the Republican, the low stock of cutting-edge weapons is due to donations made by former president Joe Biden to the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. “Sleepy Joe Biden spent all his time and our country’s money giving everything to PT Barnum (Zelensky!) of Ukraine — hundreds of billions of dollars in weapons — and although he donated much of the cutting-edge weaponry (for free!), he didn’t bother to replace it,” he said. ➡️PT Barnum was an American businessman who created the modern circus. Known as the “prince of trickery”, Barnum is represented in the famous film “The Greatest Showman (2017)”, in which the character named after him is criticized for deceiving the public. Earlier, Trump defended his offensive in Iran and said the strikes were “our last, best chance to eliminate the threat from the Iranian regime” and that the conflict was expected to last “four or five weeks or more.” Understand how the US and Israel infiltrated Iran’s airspace and neutralized the country’s defenses in just a few hours ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp LIVE: FOLLOW coverage of the conflict in real time In his first public speech about the conflict, Trump also stated that his objective is to destroy missiles, dismantle the Iranian Navy and stop the Middle Eastern country’s “nuclear ambitions” and the Iranian government’s financing of terrorist groups. The North American also indicated that he was not willing to return to dialogue with Tehran — the USA and Iran had been negotiating to sign an agreement on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. “You can’t deal with these people,” Trump said during a ceremony to award medals to veterans of the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars at the White House. The speech took place at an event to award medals of honor to soldiers killed in the conflict. To date, four soldiers have had their deaths confirmed by the US Armed Forces. Another 18 soldiers are seriously injured after Iranian retaliatory attacks, according to the CNN International network. Trump reiterated arguments that Iran was trying to rebuild its nuclear program and said the country was “rapidly and dramatically” expanding its missile program, which posed a colossal threat to the United States, US military bases in the Middle East and Europe. The US president reiterated that he was “very happy to have overturned the horrible nuclear deal” made by former president Barack Obama with the Iranians. Trump said the war was “our last and best chance to attack and eliminate the intolerable threat posed by Iran.” “We eliminated the leadership [iraniana] in 1 hour”, he added. US President Donald Trump during a medal ceremony for war veterans at the White House, on March 2, 2026. Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters According to him, the US is destroying Iran’s missile capabilities, both those already made and the production of new missiles, and has sunk at least 10 Iranian ships. Trump stated that the objectives of the war are: “To ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon” “To ensure that the Iranian regime does not get more funding for terrorist groups in the Middle East” “We thought we had an agreement, then they backed out. Again, we thought we had made a deal, and they backed out again. We’ll say enough at one point,” he said. Earlier, Trump told CNN International that the “big wave of attacks on Iran is yet to come.” INFOGRAPHIC – Map shows locations of attacks in Iran and retaliation. Arte/g1

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