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President says Iran's nuclear material is buried deep and that the U.S. has the equipment to retrieve it; no immediate ground invasion planned
Summary
Asked about Iran, the President said nuclear material was "so far down underneath the mountain" that only U.S. equipment could get it and stated he had no immediate plans to send ground troops, framing any action as conditional.
A questioner asked how the administration planned to "get the nuclear material" in Iran. The President replied, "Well, we've already got the nuclear material because it's so far underground. Nobody's gonna be able to get it except us because we have the equipment that can get it." He described the material as located "so far down underneath the mountain" and said extracting it would "take massive machinery that we have that no other country has."
When pressed whether there were plans to send "boots on the ground," he said, "Why would I go in now? I go in when they're they're completely either eliminated or whatever happens or an agreement's made," indicating no immediate ground invasion was planned in the transcript.
Those statements were presented as descriptions of capability and intent during a public briefing; the transcript records the assertions but does not include technical detail, independent verification, or specific operational plans.
