Overview
- Posting on Truth Social, the president asserted that Iran’s leadership, navy, and air forces have been destroyed and that the country has no defense.
- He said Iranian authorities want to make a deal but he refused, claiming U.S. operations are running ahead of schedule.
- In the same message, he attacked the New York Times and criticized national security journalist David Sanger by name.
- Ukrinform reported the post early on March 22 and provided no independent corroboration of the battlefield claims.
- Sanger’s weekend analysis in the New York Times warned that wars are not won in three weeks and questioned whether Trump’s objectives have been achieved.