Trump tells Kentucky rally Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities degraded

While offering no details to hundreds of supporters, US president seemed to suggest conflict would not end soon Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump told hundreds of supporters assembled inside a packaging plant in northern Kentucky on Wednesday that Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities had been significantly degraded. “Their drones are down 85%, we’re blowing up their factories,” he told an ecstatic audience in Hebron. “They don’t know what the hell hit them,” said Trump. Without offering further details on when the 10-day-old conflict may end, Trump seemed to suggest that might not be soon. “We don’t want to go back every two years. We’re going to finish the job,” he said. With Trump and his fellow Republicans under pressure, according to polls, due to a stuttering economy, immigration crackdowns and the Iran conflict, the president noted this year’s midterm elections “are going to be very, very important”. He highlighted “clean, beautiful Kentucky coal” and new jobs he said his administration has helped create in the construction and pharmaceutical industries. Amid thunderstorms and a torna

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