for far too long all the way back to 1979 to be exact nations have tolerated iran's destructive and destabilizing behavior in the middle east and beyond those days are over iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism in their pursuit of nuclear weapons threatens the civilized world we will never let that happen last week we took decisive action to stop a ruthless terrorist from threatening american lives at my direction the united states military eliminated the world's top terrorist to sam sola many as the head of the cuts force solomon he was personally responsible for some of the absolutely worst atrocities. he

trained terrorists arms including hezbollah launching terrorist strikes against civilian targets he fueled bloody civil wars all across the region he viciously wounded and murdered thousands of u.s. troops including the planting of roadside bombs that maim and dismember their victims selami directed the recent attacks on u.s. personnel in iraq that badly wounded 4 service members and killed one american and he orchestrated the violent assault on the u.s. embassy in baghdad in recent days he was planning new attacks on american targets but we stopped him solomon he's hands were drenched in both american and iranian blood he should have been terminated long ago. by removing solemn 80 we have sent

a powerful message to terrorists if you value your own life you will not threaten the lives of our people as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rein in aggression the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime these powerful saying sions will remain until or and changes its behavior in recent months alone iran is see ships in international waters fired an unprovoked strike on saudi arabia and shot down 2 u.s. drones iran's hostilities substantially increased after the foolish iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013 and they were given $150000000000.00 not to mention one point $8000000000.00 in cash instead of saying thank you to the united states they chanted death to america in

fact they chanted death to america the day the agreement was signed then iran went on a terrorist spree funded by the money from the deal and created hell in yemen syria lebanon afghanistan and iraq the missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration the regime also greatly tightened the reins on their own country even recently killing 1500 people at the many protests that are taking place all throughout iran the very defective jay c.p.o. way expires shortly anyway and gives iran a clear and quick path to nuclear breakout. iran must abandon his

nuclear ambitions and end its support for terrorism the time has come for the united kingdom germany france russia and china to recognize this reality they must now break away from the remnants of the iran deal who are j c p a way and we must all work together toward making a deal with the wren that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place we must also make a deal that allows iran to thrive and prosper and take advantage of its enormous untapped potential a rand can be a great country peace and stability cannot prevail in the middle east as long as iran continues to foment violence on rest hatred and war the civilized world must send a clear and unified message to the iranian regime your campaign of terror murder

mayhem will not be tolerated any longer it will not be allowed to go forward today i am going to ask data. to become much more involved in the middle east process over the last 3 years under my leadership our economy is stronger than ever before to america's achieved energy independence these historic accomplishment shade's our strategic priorities these are accomplishments that nobody thought were possible and options in the middle east became available we are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world we are independent and we do not need middle east oil. the american military has been completely rebuilt under my

administration at a cost of $2.00 trillion dollars the us armed forces are stronger than ever before our missiles are big powerful accurate lethal and fast under construction are many hypersonic missiles the fact that we have this great military equipment however does not mean we have to use it we do not want to use it american strength both military and economic is the best deterrent 3 months ago they have to destroying 100 percent of isis and its territorial caliphate we killed the savage leader of isis al baghdadi who is responsible for so much death and looting the mass beheadings of christians muslims and all who

stood in his way he was a monster al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran the destruction of isis is good for ren and we should work together on this and other shared priorities finally to the people and leaders of iran we want you to have a future and a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america thank you very much thank you.

ok if you're just joining us the u.s. presence there donald trump commenting publicly for the 1st time on the iranian missile strikes on basis housing u.s. troops in iraq that was in retaliation to the u.s. airstrike that killed iranian general money and we heard the president get deliver a wide ranging statement there 1st saying that american people should be grateful and happy because no american iraqi lives were lost in those arraigning missile strikes he also said that iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing and of the president reiterated that the u.s. was right to strike and kill general soleimani he then also talked about iran's a role in the region and why the u.s. influence is incredibly important there still and tyson barker with us here in studio and alexander phenomena in washington both are watching that here tyson i want to start with you what did you take away from what the president had to say it seems like he was saying that this is now

a point of deescalation i think that's right but you know even before he greeted the audience and the viewers he said as long as i'm president of iran will not be able to have a global not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and so he's clear message is the stated number one goal the top line even over the the salutation which is no nuclear weapon for iran generally yes i think you're right that the this is a this was a point of deescalation kind of collecting the winds as the as they were clearly the narrative is in stark contrast to that coming out of tehran about the you know the effectiveness the activist efficacy of the strike and you know he he said you know we have killed the world's top terrorist but beyond that he had several messages obviously iran not being able to get a nuclear weapon and then attacked it pretty. ministration for going into the way going into the iran nuclear deal which freed up unlocked

a lot of money that had been held in sanctions un imposed sanctions of 150000000000 which is a theme that he comes back to often and made a very cute domestic political point where he said that this money released by the previous administration is responsible for funding the missiles that led to the attacks on these bases that is a direct link to his domestic rival the previous administration and he also made a call to the other 5 major powers there are kind of preserving the iran nuclear deal saying that it's time to step back and renegotiate a more comprehensive deal in their opinion which would not include sunset clauses he made mention of those sunset clauses saying that this deal is in spite expires way too soon other issues that they have brought up in the past include domestic political repression which he also talked about the $1500.00 lives that have been lost in these protests that are taking place in iran iran's farias activities in its neighbors another issue he brought up which is something he would like to be

included in a bigger deal and probably which he didn't make mention of here but the missile capabilities that iran has which is something that was left out of the j c p a way he also made a call that they don't need to become much more active in the middle east and that was he didn't really give any specifics on that but that is going to be a topic of great conversation here in europe obviously and made note of the u.s. is in independence that the u.s. has much more leverage in this case that the power symmetry has tilted in his opinion much more towards the united states 1st because it has immense abated itself from middle east energy and 2nd because the technology undergirding us the u.s. military has grown so much and he made particular reference to hyper summit sonic weapons ok alexander i want to get your take on this as well you're watching all of this there in washington and it was seen very much as the fall being in washington court after these missile strikes from iran what did you take away from the president's statement. well i would say that he used to put union to give

diplomacy a chance when he was talking about ready to embrace peace that they would like to have talks with iran but he also used this statement to present himself as a strong commander in chief who is acting in the very measured when and that is actually something that he's critics maybe were not expecting what was very interesting is of course as already mentioned that he interpreted iran's attacks the way that the iran is appearing to be backing down so it was from his point his success as a commander in chief that it were his actions that brought iran to this he also was talking about team rebuilding the u.s.

military and that is something that we hear a lot covering the white house and as already mentioned he also said that he would you ask would expect nato to have a greater role in the middle east and that is of course also very consistent with he's foreign policy with he's promises to and america's and less war in the middle east and to eventually rink you asked troops back home. heard him say as you were just touching upon iran's destructive behavior the middle east and beyond those days are over is that a signal to iran to perhaps open up a channel of dialogue. yes i would i would say it is and of course the clio warning that they shouldn't try to attack american forces or american lives in the future that was also very clear that

that if you value life you should not threaten the lives of our people we were before talking about possible red lines here that could be such a red line in my understanding so it was thought of inviting iran to come to the negotiating table but also warning them not to provoke any father escalation but i would also like to add that it was interesting that the president tried once again to set that on heath watch iran will not be allowed to have and you killer weapon it was him who pulled out of the iranian nuclear agreement because he thought it was the worst deal ever and that it was not preventing iran from developing being new or supporting terrorism in their region but it's sort of interesting that that seems to be more

important goal dealing with iran when we have to say that actually this was the purpose of the runyon nuclear deal you know that's an important point there alexandra and tyson coming back to you we also heard the president talk about the importance of u.s. presence in the region in extinguishing the threat of isis as well does that tell us anything about the president's intentions whether to keep u.s. troops there or not he spent a long portion of the speech talking about his successes in building isis including the assassination about. what has been noted obviously as a result of this just in the past week and more broadly given u.s. troop withdrawals from northern syria is that it seems that isis might have gotten gain ground in the in the near term because you know the u.s. has ceded a lot of territory in syria and then as a result of the destabilize.