06/18/2026
Trump stood at a G7 podium and argued that Iran — a country actively firing missiles at U.S. bases and Israel — deserves to keep its missile arsenal because Saudi Arabia has missiles too. U.S. intelligence says Iran still has 70% of its prewar stockpile while Trump claims the US destroyed 85%. And the entire point of the war was to eliminate that missile threat. In one rambling press conference Trump managed to contradict his own intelligence agencies, infuriate America's closest regional allies, and declare that missiles are basically no big deal — all while calling it an historic victory.
President Trump on Wednesday defended letting Iran maintain its large arsenal of ballistic missiles when discussing the emerging deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The president said du…
