{"id":2575203,"date":"2026-03-02T13:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-conflict-will-continue-to-honor-four-killed-in-action\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:25:09","slug":"trump-says-iran-conflict-will-continue-to-honor-four-killed-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-conflict-will-continue-to-honor-four-killed-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran conflict will &#8216;continue&#8217; to honor four killed in action"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-says-iran-conflict-will-continue-to-honor-four-killed-in-action%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=2575203&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>The article reports that President Donald Trump said the united States will continue military operations in Iran to honor four American service members killed in Tehran\u2019s retaliatory attacks. He spoke after the weekend offensive adn,according to the piece,claimed the killing of Iran\u2019s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei by an Israeli airstrike. Trump outlined four goals for the campaign\u2014destroy Iran\u2019s missile capabilities, annihilate its navy, prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and prevent the regime from arming and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >directing terrorist groups abroad\u2014<\/a>while remarks at a Medal of Honor ceremony were echoed by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. The piece also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jelly-rolls-authentic-praise-of-jesus-at-grammys-2\/\" title=\"Jelly Roll&#039;s &#039;authentic&#039; praise of Jesus at Grammys\">notes related coverage<\/a> and includes a video of Trump\u2019s remarks.  <\/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 says Iran conflict will &lsquo;continue&rsquo; to honor four Americans killed in action<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2520653\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4475600\/iran-strikes-erase-space-between-trump-netanyahu\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> stated Monday that he will maintain the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israelis-agree-to-fight-terrorists-while-fighting-each-other\/\" title=\"Israelis unite against terrorism amidst internal conflicts.\">ongoing military operations<\/a> in Iran to honor the four <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4476431\/a-number-of-us-fighter-jets-crash-in-kuwait\/\">American service members<\/a> killed by Tehran&rsquo;s retaliatory attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments came during the president&rsquo;s first public comments following Saturday morning&rsquo;s offensive. He released two prerecorded videos over the weekend, giving brief updates on the operation, including confirming the killing of Iran&rsquo;s former supreme leader, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2865\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, by an Israeli airstrike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476806\/qatar-shot-down-two-iranian-bomber-jets\/\">Qatar shot down two Iranian bomber jets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476538\/israel-us-iran-conflict-launched-trump-khamenei\/\">How the Iran conflict was launched: &#8216;Operation Epic Fury is approved. No aborts. Good luck&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476532\/hegseth-disputes-iraq-war-comparisons-iran-regime-change\/\">Hegseth disputes Iraq War comparisons, arguing Iran Operation Epic Fury isn&#8217;t about regime change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we grieve for the four heroic American service members who have been killed in action, and send our love and support to their families,&rdquo; the president said during a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House. &ldquo;In their memory, we continue this mission with ferocious, unyielding resolve to crush the threat this terrorist regime poses to the American people, and a threat, indeed, it is.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have the strongest and most powerful, by far, military in the world, and we will easily prevail,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re already substantially ahead of our time projections, but whatever the time is, it&rsquo;s okay. Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that. We&rsquo;ll do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump proceeded to outline four goals for the operation, none of which included installing a new government in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>First, according to Trump, the United States will seek to &ldquo;destroy Iran&rsquo;s missile capabilities&rdquo; and prevent them from producing new ones. Second, the president said was &ldquo;annihilating their Navy.&rdquo; The U.S. has already sunk some 10 Iranian Naval vessels since Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Third, we&rsquo;re ensuring that the world&rsquo;s No. 1 sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And finally, we&rsquo;re ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>War Secretary&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476532\/hegseth-disputes-iraq-war-comparisons-iran-regime-change\/\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;made similar comments Monday morning at a rare, joint&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476491\/dan-caine-additional-firepower-middle-east-hedges-operation-timeline\/\">press conference<\/a>&nbsp;alongside Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everybody was behind us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They just didn&rsquo;t have the courage to say so. An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat to the Middle East, but also to the American people. Our country itself would be under threat, and it was very nearly under threat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump additionally honored the following three Army veterans, two posthumously, at Monday&rsquo;s event.<\/p>\n<p>Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Richardson is credited with saving the lives of 85 service members during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2013. He is being honored for valorous action on the field of combat. <\/p>\n<p>Master Sgt. Roderick Edmonds died in 1985. He was taken as a prisoner of war in World War II and refused to cooperate with Nazi soldiers in identifying Jewish soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4475600\/iran-strikes-erase-space-between-trump-netanyahu\/\"><strong>IRAN STRIKES ERASE &lsquo;SPACE&rsquo; BETWEEN TRUMP AND NETANYAHU, INSIDERS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Trump&rsquo;s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"TohMVSc5vIA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Medal of Honor Ceremony\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TohMVSc5vIA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/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 vows Iran ops to honor four fallen Americans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2575204,"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\/2026\/03\/AP26061610472186.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5237,74896,3823,3634],"class_list":["post-2575203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conflict","tag-four-killed-in-action","tag-iran","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061610472186.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575203","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575207,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575203\/revisions\/2575207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}