Trump rages over 'fake news media' reports that Iranian nuclear sites weren't destroyed by Midnight Hammer op: 'Sleazeba

[highplainsdem]

Source: Independent

President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at press reports indicating that the audacious bombing and missile strikes he ordered against three Iranian nuclear sites hadn’t been as effective as he and his top defense officials have claimed.

In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed the target nuclear sites hit by the U.S. over the weekend “were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it” while accusing “the fake news” of trying to “demean” his administration by saying otherwise.

He singled out CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, senior ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl, and Brian Roberts, the owner of NBC News parent company Comcast, as “working especially hard” on the alleged “falsehood,” though he purposefully misstated the name of Cooper in a homophobic taunt, calling him “Allison” instead.

“It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!” he added.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-nuclear-strikes-damage-cnn-b2775452.html

[Prairie Gates]

1. Midnight Mushroom

[sop]

2. "It never ends with sleazebag Trump, and that's why his Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW -- ZERO CREDIBILITY!"

[Justice matters.]

17. Projection is strong within that convicted felon.

ALL TIME LOW - ZERO CREDIBILITY describe 1. his approval numbers 2. his tens of thousands of lies since a decade.

Yep. Projection it is.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Swalwell on BlueSky undoubtedly doesn't care if tRump calls him a sleazeball

I'm worried about a president who can't shut his mouth and who reveals classified information

— JB_CADCAM (@jonbanquer.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T17:19:12.376Z

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. 60% is just below 90%?

Yeah. Right.

I'm not an expert here but how long does it take to refine 60% pure to 90%? I guess it depends on how many centrifuges are available, but that seems like a pretty big gap. How many long does each cycle take?

[reACTIONary]

18. They have some at a much more enhanced yield than 60%....

.... they have some that is up to (llRC) 87%. So the statement is not accurate, but the contention that they are close, for some limited amount, is true.

[reACTIONary]

22. Here is some further information....

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/23/iran-strikes-nuclear-program-00419268

Starting with uranium enriched to 60 percent and just 100 or 200 operating centrifuges, they could likely produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a bomb in just a few weeks.

[Zorro]

4. Someone needs their diaper changed

Everybody is saying so.

[The Wizard]

5. The damage

is 200 feet below the surface where it is not visible. I guess we have to take Herr Twitler at his word. Never mind.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. It doesn't matter. He incompetently gave Iran time to move the U and equipment

Satellite photos of an Iranian strike site show a line of trucks before the strike. Presumably, these trucks were there to remove what was inside the bunker. Trump would have had access to such information before the strike. Did he ignore it? Or was this the usual Trump intelligence incompetence?

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T19:19:47.373Z

1. Trump announces where he will bomb in Iran to destroy its nuclear inventory.

2. Iran moves its nuclear inventory from those locations.

3. Trump bombs those locations.

4. Trump: "Yay! Our strikes were a COMPLETE success! Mission accomplished!!!"

5. Iran rolls its eyes & jacks up US gas prices.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T01:08:35.919Z

[BoRaGard]

6. "Whine. They are telling the truth again. Whine." - G.O.P. draft-dodger-in-cheap (R)

He is the greatest republicon WHINER of all time.

For repubes, whining is darkside entrancing...

[Paladin]

7. Pathetic gay-bashing by the no-class prez.

Gotta love it when he publicly humiliates himself.

[SheltieLover]

8. Sick fuck

[chelsea0011]

9. "and everyone knows it"

Another one of his mad libs.

[ultralite001]

11. Real life just doesn't function like a movie...

If Krasnov was a better director, Iran's "nuclear arsenal" would have gone up in a blaze of glory...

Krasnov's style is more Steven Seagal than Martin Scorsese... His directorial debut was uninspired
+ cliché-ridden, a lot like his "acting"...

[travelingthrulife]

14. Thank goodness it didn't. These twits always forget about air and water currents and stuff like that.

[ultralite001]

20. Collateral damage...

is simply a "special" effect...

[Evolve Dammit]

12. It's like H said in 2015. "He (Donald) has his own reality." Think I got that close to right.

[twodogsbarking]

15. Trump determines what lies will become the truth, and that's the truth.

[ananda]

16. This is about being a hero president, bringing a quick peace...

and adding to his quest to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is purely selfish... in every way.

[Grins]

19. "...everyone knows it!" See? NM

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

21. So very Presidential.

Such a classy, elegant man................. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

23. Operation Late Nite Rubber Mallet, perhaps?

[Attilatheblond]

24. Chairman of the Board of Fake New R Us says what?

edited for typo

[Evolve Dammit]

25. scary reality denialism. WE DON"T KNOW YET. Narcissist sociopath plows along spewing his reality. "Alternate facts"

And Cult 45 believes every word. No fact checking needed.