He could have said that as ‘fact”...OR HE COULD HAVE SAID IT AS MISDIRECTION
So, you can't believe a word he says.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/trump-iran-war-nuclear-reason-why.html
Trump Just Admitted There’s No Good Reason to Continue His War With IranBy Fred Kaplan
May 18, 2026[excerpt]
On a Fox News show on Friday, host Bret Baier asked Trump whether it might be feasible to retrieve Iran’s enriched uranium. Trump replied that it would be very hard for either the Iranians or U.S. troops to get at the material because his attack last June—a bomber raid on three sites encased inside a mountain—left the “nuclear dust” (as Trump called it) buried under heavy granite rubble.
“It was hit so hard,” Trump said, “the mountain literally collapsed on it.”
This seemed to startle Baier. “Why isn’t that good enough?” the host asked. “If your goal was to set back …”
“It is good enough,” Trump replied, “but you know what, it isn’t good enough public-relations-wise.”
This wasn’t a one-time gaffe. In a separate Fox interview, aired on Thursday, Trump said, “We have nine cameras on that site, on those three sites, 24 hours a day. We know exactly what’s happening. Nobody’s even gotten close to it.” If the Iranians did try to dig out the material, Trump could bomb the sites again.
So, you see it is like this: President Trump only wants the nuclear material for public relations purposes. But that is two whole months ago, and now it is worth waging war and expending lives.
The lives so far have been few compared to most wars, and the necessity has been greater than most wars.
Whether it is a gaffe or not is irrelevant. It may very well be that he has been advised that the Iranians can dig that stuff up and start processing it again, so the longer term elimination of the threat requires it's seizure, because the next Democrat president will absolutely let Iran make nukes.