Overview
- The president made the remarks in a Fox News Special Report interview during his trip to China.
- He said Space Force has nine cameras on Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site and can read names on workers’ tags from orbit, a claim not verified in the reports.
- He asserted that “most” Iranians are named Muhammad, a broad generalization that drew wide attention in the coverage.
- He said Iranians told him the Isfahan facility was “obliterated” by U.S. strikes and credited only the United States or China with the capability.
- He recounted that Xi Jinping offered to help broker talks and wanted the Strait of Hormuz reopened given China’s reliance on Iranian oil.