Donald J. Trump, Speaker, said the U.S. military carried out precision strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan — and described the operation as a "spectacular military success." "Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success," he said.

The speaker said the objective was "the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity" and warned that "there will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last 8 days." He added, "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."

The statement included casualty claims and other assertions attributed to the speaker. He said, "We lost over a thousand people, and hundreds of thousands throughout The Middle East and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate, in particular, so many were killed by their general, Qasem Soleimani." Those figures and causal attributions were presented by the speaker in the recording and are reported here as his statements; the transcript does not include independent verification.

The speaker praised allied and U.S. forces, thanking Israel's prime minister and the Israeli military by name and saying U.S. forces carried out the operation with "precision, speed, and skill." He said defense officials would hold a press briefing at the Pentagon at 8 a.m. (date unspecified in the recording).

He framed the strikes as an effort to stop what he called "the nuclear threat" posed by Iran and repeatedly warned of further operations if Iran did not "make peace." He also described the struck sites as long-standing locations where Iran "built this horribly destructive enterprise." The recording repeatedly emphasized the military nature of the action and the speaker's congratulations to those involved.

The recording does not include corroborating information about the damage, the operational chain of authority for the strikes, or independent casualty counts. The transcript also does not specify the date of the statement or the date of the strikes beyond the speaker's phrasing "a short time ago." A Pentagon press briefing was announced in the statement for 8 a.m.; the transcript contains no further details about which officials will speak or any supporting documentation.