Trump says damage from Iran strikes severe despite "inconclusive" intelligence

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U.S. President Donald Trump said missile strikes on Iranian nuclear sites caused "very severe" damage, though he acknowledged that intelligence on the impact remains inconclusive.   His comments contrast with a U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessment, which reportedly concluded the strikes would only delay Iran's nuclear programme by a few months.   Speaking ahead of a NATO summit in The Hague, Trump dismissed the report and likened the Israel-Iran conflict to a schoolyard fight.    Read more at https://tinyurl.com/nhjwsxj2  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that missile strikes over the weekend caused

00:07significant damage to Iranian nuclear facilities, although he acknowledged that available intelligence

00:13on the impact remains inconclusive.

00:15Well, the intelligence was very inconclusive.

00:19The intelligence says, we don't know, it could have been very severe.

00:24That's what the intelligence says.

00:26So I guess that's correct.

00:29I think we can take that we don't know. It was very severe. It was obliteration.

00:33His remarks came a day after reports by Reuters, and other outlets revealed that the U.S. Defense

00:39Intelligence Agency, DIA, had assessed the strikes would delay Iran's nuclear program by only a few

00:45months, contradicting claims by some administration officials who insisted the program had been

00:51obliterated. Speaking to reporters before a NATO summit in The Hague, Trump downplayed the DIA's

00:58assessment, stating that the intelligence is inconclusive, but later insisted the impact

01:04was far greater. He likened the conflict between Israel and Iran to a schoolyard brawl.

01:10They're not going to be fighting each other. They've had it. They've had a big fight, like

01:13two kids in a schoolyard. You know, they fight like hell. You can't stop them. Let them fight

01:17for about two, three minutes, then it's easier to stop them.

01:20And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language.

01:23You have to use strong language. Every once in a while you have to use a certain word.

01:26Trump made the comments while seated alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense

01:35Secretary Pete Hegseth, both of whom cast doubt on the DIA's findings. Rubio announced that

01:42the U.S. was launching an investigation into the leak of the intelligence report and suggested

01:47the media had misrepresented its conclusions.

01:56According to his department, there was no doubt about the origin of MTA time on the K&E.

02:02And it was because each of the of them has failed and made a statement, the meaning of the

02:03U.S. was brought to the AA team. And this is now about the unit of the AI, and this one

02:04tried to take care of the UN. The one who began to be the unbearable, the one for additional

02:07support to reach the NA team was basically to the UN. This is the UN. This is the UN. This is the UN,

02:09this is the UN. This is the UN, this is the UN. This is the UN. This is the UN that has beens

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