Iran has been a threat to the United States and the free world for 47 years. No longer. Not on our watch.

Other presidents marked time and kicked the can down the road. President Trump made history.

From the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani, to tearing up the disastrous Obama-Iran deal, to the precision campaign that obliterated Iran's nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer, to the decisive military victory we just achieved in Operation Epic Fury.

No other president has shown the courage and resolve of this commander-in-chief.

Iran begged for this ceasefire — and we all know it. Iran wants it to happen. They've had enough.

Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield. A capital-V military victory.

By any measure, Epic Fury decimated Iran's military and rendered it combat ineffective for years to come.

In less than 40 days, one of our combatant commands, CENTCOM, using less than 10% of America's total combat power, dismantled one of the world's largest militaries.

The world's leading state sponsor of terrorism proved utterly incapable of defending itself, its people, or its territory.

Iran no longer has an air defense, any sort of a comprehensive air defense system. We own their skies.

Their missile program is functionally destroyed. Launchers, production facilities, and existing stockpiles depleted and decimated, and almost completely ineffective.

Iran shot hundreds and hundreds of missiles and attack, one-way attack drones at our aircraft carrier. They were obsessed with it, and they never got even close.

Every single one of those shots easily shot down miles and miles away from the Abraham Lincoln.

What little they have left buried in bunkers is all they will have.

They can still shoot, we know that. Their command and control is so decimated they can't really talk and coordinate, so they still may shoot here and there, but that would be very, very unwise.

But they can no longer build missiles, build rockets, build launchers, or build UAVs. Their factories have been razed to the ground.

President Trump had the power to cripple Iran’s entire economy in minutes.

But he chose mercy.

They know this agreement means they will never, ever possess a nuclear weapon.

Under the terms, any nuclear material they should not have will be removed — any material.

Their facilities are deeply buried and watched 24/7 overhead.

President Trump has been clear from the beginning: there will be no Iranian nuclear weapons. Period. Full stop.

The Iranians were humiliated and demoralized.

We control their fate, not the other way around. That’s why they came to the table.

The War Department, for now, has done its part. We stand ready in the background to ensure Iran upholds every reasonable term.

And as everyone knows, nobody makes a better deal than Trump.

To the warriors of Epic Fury, I say: well done.

Job well done. But stay vigilant. And stay ready.

God deserves all the glory.

To our Israeli allies, thank you for being a brave, capable, and willing ally on this battlefield.

The rest of our so-called allies saw what real capabilities look like. They should take some notes.

We welcome the ongoing ceasefire, and as the Secretary said, we hope that Iran chooses a lasting peace.

Let us be clear: a ceasefire is a pause, and the Joint Force remains ready, if ordered or called upon, to resume combat operations with the same speed and precision as we've demonstrated over the last 38 days.

We hope that that is not the case.

I want to thank to our Gulf partners who fought alongside each and every one of us every day — the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan — all of whom joined us to defend and protect our people and our assets, and who, if required, stand ready to do so again.

Since the beginning of major combat operations, the United States Joint Forces struck more than 13,000 targets — including more than 4,000 dynamic targets that emerged on the battlefield and were immediately addressed.

CENTCOM forces destroyed approximately 80 percent of Iran’s air defense systems, striking more than 1,500 air defense targets, more than 450 ballistic missile storage facilities, and 800 one-way attack drone storage facilities. All of these systems are gone.

We have devastated Iran’s command and control and logistical networks, destroying more than 2,000 command-and-control nodes and degrading their ability to target U.S. and friendly forces.

We assess that we’ve sunk more than 90 percent of their regular fleet, including all major surface combatants.

150 ships are at the bottom of the ocean, along with half of the IRGC Navy’s small attack boats.

Joint fires projected from the land, sea, and air executed more than 700 strikes against naval mine targets, and we assess that we destroyed more than 95 percent of their naval mines.

And perhaps most importantly, we’ve destroyed Iran’s defense industrial base.

We attacked, along with our partners, approximately 90 percent of their weapons factories. Every factory that produced Shahed one-way attack drones was struck. Every factory that produces the guidance systems that go into those drones was struck.

Their missile defense industrial base was shattered, with more than 80% of their missile facilities gone, as well as their solid rocket motor production capability.

It will take years for Iran to rebuild any major surface combatants, as more than 20 naval production and fabrication facilities have been damaged or destroyed.

Nearly 80% of Iran’s nuclear industrial base was hit, further degrading their attempts to attain a nuclear weapon.

The Joint Force flew more than 10,000 missions, including 62 bomber missions — 18 of which flew round-trip from the United States to deliver bombs on military targets.

Each of these missions was more than 30 hours in duration, and we did that 18 times. No other military in the world can do that.

Along with our Gulf partners, we have thus far intercepted 1,700 ballistic missiles and one-way attack drones, defending our forces, our partners, and the civilian population — and we remain ready to do so should the need arise.

Along the way, we consumed more than 6 million meals and, by my estimate, more than 950,000 gallons of coffee, 2 million energy drinks, and a lot of nicotine — but I am not saying that we have a problem.