Donald Trump issues confusing fresh Iran war update over nuclear weapons

Donald Trump issues confusing fresh Iran war update over nuclear weaponsDonald Trump previously claimed Iran was weeks away from making a weapon of mass destruction despite last year claiming nuclear sites in the country had been obliteratedCommentsNewsAnders Anglesey News Reporter10:42, 21 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesDonald Trump issued a bizarre Iran war update (Image: ALLISON ROBBERT/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock)Donald Trump has issued a bizarre and confusing Iran war update claiming the country's nuclear sites had already been obliterated.‌The US President shared the claim that appeared to contradict his stated war aim of stopping Iran from making a nuclear weapon. Trump lashed out at "fake news" in the post and once again repeated last year's strikes on Iran had destroyed Iran's nuclear sites.‌"Operation Midnight Hammer was a complete and total obliteration of the Nuclear Dust sites in Iran," Trump said in a TruthSocial post. "Therefore, digging it out will be a long and difficult process. Fake News CNN, and other corrupt Media Networks and Platforms, fail to give our great aviators the credit they deserve - Always trying to demean and belittle - LOSERS!!!"‌View 3 ImagesTrump's decision to go to war is unpopular in the US (Image: AP)READ MORE: Trump 'blocked from accessing nuclear codes' by head of US militaryREAD MORE: Trump weighs in on 'really bad pick' Mandelson as he issues response to StarmerWhile Trump appeared to reference difficulty in obtaining materials needed to create a bomb, it also undermined one of his stated objectives for the war. In March, Trump said Iran had been about "two to four weeks" away from obtaining a nuclear weapon as justification for the current war in the Middle East.Operation Midnight Hammer saw the destruction of nuclear sites in Iran as part of the joint US-Israel Twelve-Day War in June of last year. Trump and his administration declared the operation a success...