Trump says US may need to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain
Trump said the US wanted to make sure Iran would never have a nuclear weapon.
In an interview with Newsmax on Thursday night, President Donald Trump suggested the US might have to strike Pickaxe Mountain, a site connected to Iran's nuclear program. Pickaxe Mountain is a fortified facility hidden deep underground near one of Tehran's main nuclear sites. During the interview, Trump reiterated his stance against the use of nuclear weapons in the ongoing war on Iran, stating, "I wouldn't use nuclear.
We don't have to." He also emphasized that the US was not considering deploying ground troops in Iran. The president did not explicitly confirm whether he had authorized the use of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), also known as the "mother of all bombs," against Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites, but he clarified that the MOAB is not a nuclear bomb.
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