If this regime, this terrorist regime of the kind we've never seen in the world, gets nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them, ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles, they will threaten all of humanity.

We set out to protect ourselves, but in so doing, we protect many others.

I want to say special thanks to our great friend and a great leader of the world, Donald Trump, for joining us in this crucial effort to save the world.

It was 49 leaders that were taken out. That was going to take four weeks, we thought, to get rid of the Iranian leadership.

If they hide, it's a lot longer than four weeks. And they would have been hiding.

We were shocked when we heard what was going on. We knew exactly what was happening and where.

The Third World War is not happening yet, but it could start at any moment if Trump continues his current course.

The United States, in trying to preserve its dominance, is behaving like pigs unwilling to part with the trough.

By deciding to attack Iran, Trump has put all Americans at potential risk.

Any event could trigger the Third World War.

They (Arab states) were going to be very little involved and now they insist on being involved.

“We were surprised,” he said, adding, “We told them, ‘We’ve got this,’ and now they want to fight.”

He called the Arab leaders “tough and smart,” and said Iran’s strikes — which "shot into" a hotel and an apartment building — “just made them angry.”

“That was probably the biggest surprise,” Trump said.

He added that Iran lost “a lot in terms of leadership” in the initial strikes.

“Forty-nine people,” Trump said. “It was an incredible strike.” He claimed those killed “got a little bit arrogant” by gathering together, adding, “They thought they were undetectable. They weren’t.”

“They don’t even know who’s leading them now,” Trump said.

“We took out 49.” With so many killed, he added, “We don’t know who’s running the country at this point… It’s almost like an unemployment line.”