Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: From the very beginning of Operation Epic Fury, President Trump stated this would be a four to six week military operation to dismantle the military threat posed by the radical Islamic Iranian regime. Thanks to the unbelievable capabilities of America's warfighters, the United States has achieved and exceeded those core military objectives in just thirty-eight days. The U.S. Military destroyed Iran's defense industrial base, crushing the regime's ability to manufacture weapons that they and their proxies used to maim and kill Americans and terrorize the world. Iran's ability to build and stockpile ballistic missiles and long-range drones has also been set back by years, compared to where it was six weeks ago, prior to the launch of Operation Epic Fury.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: In total, more than thirteen thousand across Iran were stuck. Again, this is a matter of just thirty-eight days. Meanwhile, the Iranian navy was completely annihilated. The United States destroyed more than one hundred and fifty naval vessels in total, including sixteen entire classes of Iranian warships. Despite once being the largest undersea force in the Middle East, Iran now has zero submarine vessels.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: The Iranians originally put forward a ten-point plan that was fundamentally unserious, unacceptable, and completely discarded. It was literally thrown in the garbage by President Trump and his negotiating team. Many outlets in this room has falsely reported on that plan as being acceptable to the United States, and that is false. With the president's deadline fast approaching, and the United States Military completely decimating Iran with each passing hour, the regime acknowledged reality to the negotiating team. They put forward a more reasonable, and entirely different and condensed plan to the president and his team. President Trump and the team determined the new modified plan was a workable basis on which to negotiate, and to align it with our own fifteen-point proposal. The president's red lines, namely the end of Iranian enrichment in Iran, have not changed. And the idea that the president would ever accept an Iranian wishlist as a deal is completely absurd. The president will only make a deal that serves in the best interests of the United States of America, and he and his negotiating team will focus on this effort over the next two weeks, so long as the Strait of Hormuz remains open with no limitations or delays.