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Archive photo · 2 June 2025Trump Says Iran Started the War, Claims Missiles Can Hit San Diego and Los Angeles
“Trump gave no calculation or time period for the amount.”
“EIA data show US exports of crude oil and petroleum products hit a record 13,610 thousand barrels a day in April, about 13.6 million, up 15% from March’s record.”
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Trump claims Iran’s war surge creates a hundreds-of-billions oil windfall. Pentagon preparing new operations against Iran with possible 96-hour window.
Trump’s Iran War Claims
Donald Trump told reporters at a campaign rally in Corinth, Mississippi that “We didn’t start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us.”
“We didn’t start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us.”
Trump also claimed the Islamic Republic had missiles capable of striking American cities, declaring that “they’d hit San Diego, they’d hit Los Angeles, they’d hit our cities too,” while arguing the military offensive “should’ve been done a long time ago.”
The PressTV article said the United States and the Israeli regime launched the unprovoked so-called “Operation Epic Fury” on February 28 and that it assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, senior military commanders, and hundreds of civilians, including schoolchildren in Minab.
The PressTV article said Iran responded immediately and decisively with Operation True Promise 4, and it described successive waves of precision missile and drone strikes targeting US military installations across West Asia, including bases in Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
The PressTV article added that a ceasefire was secured in early April after nearly 40 days of intense fighting, largely on Iranian terms and in the face of sustained resistance.
Planning, deployments, and fear
Trump told reporters in Florida that he was “thinking about doing it, and maybe tomorrow,” and he added, “I may have to end this, or perhaps they will come to an agreement.” Trump told Fox News, “There will be no attack today,” and he framed the option as, “Do I reach an agreement with them or end them?” The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group left San Diego in late September, and an amphibious group carrying more than 2,000 Marines followed a day later.
By the end of November, three aircraft carriers and two amphibious assault groups would be positioned off Iran, and the new deployments add between 9,000 and 10,000 soldiers, in addition to the 40,000 to 50,000 already stationed in the Middle East before the war. The La Razón article said U.S. forces in the Middle East were prepared to launch new, potentially large-scale military operations against Iran within a 96-hour window after receiving an order from President Donald Trump.
Regional talks and economic stakes
Saudi Arabia and its allies sent high-ranking security officials to Iran this Monday to hold talks amid fears of a new offensive by the United States and Israel.
Pakistan's military chief, Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, met in Tehran with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister, the Prince Khalid bin Salman, and senior Iranian officials including the head of National Security, Mohsen Rezaei, and the president Masoud Pezeshkian.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said, “We have consistently emphasized that regional security can only be guaranteed if the will and security considerations of the countries of the region are taken into account,” before the meeting.
The Negocios article said November 3 could mark a turning point in the war between the United States and Iran, and it said Brent was around $115 a barrel on Monday, October 26.
The TokenPost article said Trump told an Oct. 24 rally in Perry, Georgia, “We’re making a freaking fortune,” and it reported that national gasoline averaged $4.2858 per gallon on Oct. 26.