Saturday 28 March 2026 {HMC} President Donald Trump slammed Iran’s regional behavior on Friday as a longtime “bully” whose influence he claimed is now diminishing under a US military operation.
“For 47 years, Iran has been known as the bully of the Middle East, but they are not the bully any longer. They’re on the run,” Trump said at the Future Investment Initiative, a Saudi business conference in the US state of Florida.
Trump argued Iranian “terror aggression” and “nuclear blackmail” had defined the country’s posture for decades.
He credited the US military campaign, Operation Epic Fury, with weakening Tehran’s capabilities.
“As you know, we’re gathered at a moment of bold action and historic decision to make America and our allies safer and stronger, more prosperous, more successful than ever before. That’s what’s happening.
“Tonight we’re closer than ever to the rise of the Middle East that is finally free at last, from Iranian terror aggression and nuclear blackmail,” Trump said.
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