{"id":2455776,"date":"2025-07-04T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lauds-iran-mission-as-b-2-bomber-flies-past-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:08:27","slug":"trump-lauds-iran-mission-as-b-2-bomber-flies-past-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lauds-iran-mission-as-b-2-bomber-flies-past-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump lauds Iran mission as B-2 bomber flies past White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-lauds-iran-mission-as-b-2-bomber-flies-past-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2455776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump commended the U.S. military for its &#8220;flawless&#8221; execution of Operation Midnight Hammer, which successfully targeted and destroyed three Iranian nuclear facilities last month.During a fourth of July celebration at the White House, a B-2 bomber and two fighter jets performed a flyover, reinforcing the operation&#8217;s importance. Trump described the military&#8217;s capabilities in conducting the operation undetected, emphasizing the precise execution that led to &#8220;total obliteration&#8221; of the targets. While the Trump governance hailed the operation as a success,some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aging-poorly-three-times-democrats-complained-republicans-were-too-old-to-be-president\/\" title=\"Democrats have thrice criticized Republicans... presidential eligibility due to their advancing age\">media outlets questioned<\/a> the full effectiveness of the mission based on preliminary intelligence assessments. Nevertheless, the Pentagon asserted that the operation severely impacted Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, delaying it by one to two years. Trump invited the bomber crew to the Independence Day event,praising their courage and skill in executing such missions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump lauds &lsquo;flawless&rsquo; Iran mission as B-2 bomber, fighter jets fly past White House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2164977\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Friday praised the U.S. military mission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3450186\/pentagon-details-b2-mission-operation-midnight-hammer-bombing-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Operation Midnight Hammer\">Operation Midnight Hammer<\/a> in which B-2 stealth bombers targeted and destroyed three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3461215\/iran-nuclear-program-set-back-one-to-two-years-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iranian\">Iranian<\/a> nuclear facilities last month.<\/p>\n<p>Before Trump hailed the operation as a &ldquo;flawless mission,&rdquo; one B-2 bomber and two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turkey-using-ukraine-war-as-excuse-to-claim-greek-islands\/\" title=\"Turkey Using Ukraine War as Excuse to Claim Greek Islands\">fighter jets flew<\/a> above the White House and National Mall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3463302\/trump-bill-signing-greatest-victory-yet-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\">Trump hails &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; as &#8216;greatest victory yet&#8217; as he signs it into law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3463196\/watch-trump-signs-big-beautiful-bill-law\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump signs &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; into law, marking major legislative win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3463247\/trump-nlrb-picks-leaked-chamber-email\/\">Trump NLRB picks leaked in Chamber email: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Those beautiful planes that you saw were totally stealth,&rdquo; he told the crowd. &ldquo;They flew right over the center of a very hostile country, and [Iran] never even saw it coming. And then they said, &lsquo;Skedaddle.&rsquo; They dropped the bombs. They said, &lsquo;Skedaddle.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">B-2 Bombers just flew over the White House! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaOPn6aAGx\">pic.twitter.com\/UaOPn6aAGx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DODResponse\/status\/1941246772405567800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;And that big sucker turned over like this on its side, and it got out of there,&rdquo; he added, referring to the large stealth bomber.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has repeatedly described the operation as a success, despite CNN and the <em>New York Times<\/em> claiming it wasn&rsquo;t a complete success based on a preliminary intelligence assessment that concluded Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program was not destroyed. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3454750\/pete-hegseth-scolds-media-coverage-assessment-iran-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ripped into the media\">ripped into the media<\/a> days after the operation, claiming the reporting was inaccurate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A B-2 bomber and two F-22 fighters conduct a flyover during a Fourth of July celebration at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump similarly called out the &ldquo;fake news&rdquo; media, albeit not as harshly as his Cabinet secretary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every single bomb hit, and it was total obliteration,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;Now even the fake news is admitting that. They hated to admit it, but they had no choice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously called for CNN to fire its reporter, Natasha Bertrand, who covered the intelligence report in the aftermath of the strikes. She remains employed at CNN.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump observe as B-2 Spirit stealth bombers perform a military flyover from the Blue Room balcony of the White House during a Fourth of July celebration in Washington, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House invited the B-2 bomber crew that carried out the air operation to celebrate Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These heroic pilots showed our enemies what it means to fly, fight, and win,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3463302\/trump-bill-signing-greatest-victory-yet-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP HAILS 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' AS 'GREATEST VICTORY YET' AS HE SIGNS IT INTO LAW\">TRUMP HAILS &lsquo;BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL&rsquo; AS &lsquo;GREATEST VICTORY YET&rsquo; AS HE SIGNS IT INTO LAW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To every service member who supported that mission, and we have many of them here, we&rsquo;ve made you proud by supporting, but you&rsquo;ve made us even prouder by having the courage to get into those gorgeous machines and fly through the roughest airspace anywhere in the world. We salute you, and we honor you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon recently concluded that the mission resulted in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >extremely severe damage&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to three Iranian nuclear sites and that Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program was set back by one to two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2164977\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2164977\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praises &#8216;flawless&#8217; Iran mission as jets fly over White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2455779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-July-Fourth-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[58457,58456,3634],"class_list":["post-2455776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-b-2-bomber","tag-iran-mission","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-July-Fourth-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455781,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455776\/revisions\/2455781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}