President Trump: We're here today to celebrate the success of one of the largest, most complex, most harrowing combat searches; I guess you would call it a search and rescue mission, ever attempted by the military.

President Trump: The second rescue mission involved a hundred and fifty-five aircraft, including four bombers, sixty-four fighters, forty-eight refueling tankers, thirteen rescue aircraft, and more. We were bringing them all over, and a lot of it was subterfuge; we wanted to have them think he was in a different location, because they had a vast military force out there. Thousands, thousands of people were looking, so we wanted them to look in different areas, so we were scattered all over like we were right on top of him.

President Trump: Over the past thirty-seven days, America's Armed Forces have carried out more than ten thousand combat flights over Iran, striking more than thirteen thousand targets. The F-15 we lost last week was the first manned aircraft downed by the enemy in this entire operation, with thousands and thousands of flights.

Director Ratcliffe [White House press conference]: One thing that has been clear to me in this role, is that the flawless military operations that the Department of War is known for, are hostage to flawless intelligence.

Director Ratcliffe: At the president's direction, we deployed both human assets and exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service in the world possesses, to a daunting challenge comparable to hunting for a single grain of sand in the middle of a desert.

Director Ratcliffe:Following the successful exfiltration on Saturday night, our intelligence reflects that the Iranians were embarrassed, and ultimately humiliated, by the success of this audacious rescue mission.

Secretary Hegseth: This was not just barely into Iran, this was deep into Iran, involving coordinated strikes to suppress threats, deception tactics to protect our teams, and full synchronization across air, ground, and special operations. The Iranians are still asking themselves right now, 'how did the Americans do this?'

Secretary Hegseth: The president demanded rapid, decisive action. He backed our military with the full weight of his resolve, refusing to let enemy propaganda or tactical setbacks deter us. His leadership ensured that every lethal and non-lethal resource was brought to bear, that our forces had the authorities and the support they needed to succeed. When the president says he has the backs of our warfighters, he means it, and it means a great deal, and it's a big difference on the battlefield. President Trump understands that peace through strength is not a slogan, it is a doctrine that saves American lives. His unwavering commitment to rebuilding our military and restoring the warrior spirit, has paid dividends in missions just like this one. Under his command, America projects power with confidence, and brings our people home with victory

Chairman Caine: The single most important contributor to a successful rescue operation, is the spirit of attack inside the heart of that downed aviator. Their will to survive, their will to evade, their will to recover, is everything. In this case, the backseater's absolute commitment to surviving, made much of our efforts possible.

President Trump: We didn't do this for regime change, we did it for the fact; and my view was very simple. I saw somebody said, 'of he doesn't have a plan'. I have the best plan of all, but I'm not going to tell you what my plan is.

President Trump: You just saw two great [Secretary Hegseth, Chairman Caine], and John Ratcliffe, three, unbelievable people. They have a plan. Every single thing has been thought out by all of us. But I can't reveal the plan to the media.

President Trump: If I didn't terminate the Barack Hussein Obama Iran Nuclear Deal, they would have had a; don't forget, that was a path to a nuclear weapon, remember this. He chose Iran over Israel. Pure and simple.

President Trump: I can't talk about ceasefire, but I can tell you that we have a active, willing participant on the other side. They would like to be able to make a deal.

President Trump: We're giving them 'till tomorrow, eight o'clock, eastern time, and after that, they're going to have no bridges, they're going to have no power plants; stone ages, yeah.

President Trump: How about Germany telling us that, well, 'it's not their war, we had nothing to do with'; they wanted me to go and tell them everything I was doing; 'we didn't know anything about it'. Well, if I would have told them, they would have leaked it, and we wouldn't have been nearly as successful, possibly. Right?

President Trump: Us charging tolls [Strait of Hormuz]? What about us charging tolls? I'd rather do that than let them [Iran] have 'em. Why shouldn't' we? We're the winner. We won. They are militarily defeated. The only thing they have is the psychology of, 'we're gonna drop a couple of mines in the water'. No, we have a concept where we'll charge tolls.

President Trump: We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by twelve o'clock tomorrow night. Where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again. I mean, complete demolition by twelve o'clock, and it'll happen over a period of four hours if we want it to. We don't want that to happen. We may even get involved with helping them rebuild their nation, and you know, what, the last thing we want to do is start with power plants, which are among the most expensive, and bridges; you saw the bridge. The bridge went.

President Trump: I've always said NATO's a paper tiger. Putin's not afraid of NATO. Putin's afraid of us. Very afraid of us. And he's explained it to me a lot of times.

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