{"id":2575273,"date":"2026-03-02T15:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-mission-ahead-of-schedule-as-us-sinks-10-ships\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:56:43","slug":"trump-says-iran-mission-ahead-of-schedule-as-us-sinks-10-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-mission-ahead-of-schedule-as-us-sinks-10-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran mission &#8216;ahead of schedule&#8217; as US sinks 10 ships"},"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-mission-ahead-of-schedule-as-us-sinks-10-ships%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=2575273&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 claimed that Operation Epic Fury, a major U.S.-Israel offensive against Iran, was moving ahead of schedule and that the United States had already sunk 10 Iranian ships. Speaking at a Medal of honor ceremony, he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >touted american military superiority<\/a> and said the operation was progressing faster than projections.He outlined four objectives for the strikes: destroy Iran\u2019s missile capabilities, annihilate its navy, prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and stop it from arming terrorist groups. The Pentagon,led by Gen. Dan Caine, said more firepower would be sent to the Middle east. The article notes that at least four U.S. troops have died so far in the campaign and that Trump offered condolences to their families; it also states the offensive began earlier that weekend and claims the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials.  <\/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 claims Iran operation &lsquo;ahead of schedule&rsquo; as US sinks 10 ships<\/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_2519086\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Monday that Operation Epic Fury, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-operation-is-ahead-of-schedule\/\" title=\"... says ... ... is &#039;... of ...&#039;\">major joint military offensive<\/a> by the U.S. and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, was moving &ldquo;ahead of schedule,&rdquo; with the U.S. already sinking 10 of the regime&rsquo;s ships.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have the strongest and most powerful, by far, military in the world, and we will easily prevail,&rdquo; Trump said during a Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re already substantially ahead of our time projections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4477239\/white-house-doctor-weighs-in-trump-mystery-rash\/\">White House doctor weighs in on Trump&#8217;s mystery rash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476906\/trump-dodges-iran-questions-medal-of-honor-ceremony\/\">Trump says Iran missiles could soon have reached US and snubs press questions on conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476790\/trump-iran-conflict-will-honor-americans-killed\/\">Trump says Iran conflict will &#8216;continue&#8217; to honor four Americans killed in action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump said it was initially &ldquo;projected four weeks to terminate the military leadership, and as you know, that was done in about an hour.&rdquo; The president said progress was being made at &ldquo;annihilating Iran&rsquo;s navy.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve knocked out already 10 ships,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re at the bottom of the sea.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whatever the time is, it&rsquo;s okay. Whatever it takes &hellip; we have from 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; Trump added about the projected length of the operation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476491\/dan-caine-additional-firepower-middle-east-hedges-operation-timeline\/\">DAN CAINE SAYS ADDITIONAL FIREPOWER HEADED TO MIDDLE EAST AND HEDGES OPERATION TIMELINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments were the first time he spoke publicly about Operation Epic Fury since it began early Saturday. The offensive led to the death of Ayatollah&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>&nbsp;and other senior Iranian officials.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-students-excel-because-of-hard-work-not-rich-parents\/\" title=\"Asian Students Excel Because Of Hard Work, Not Rich Parents\">president pushed back<\/a> against media claims that he would eventually become &ldquo;bored&rdquo; with the operation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I got bored, I wouldn&rsquo;t be standing here right now. I guarantee you that,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;&hellip; We also projected four weeks to terminate the military leadership, and as you know, that was done in about an hour. So we&rsquo;re ahead of schedule there by a lot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also outlined four &ldquo;objectives&rdquo; about the strikes on Iran, which include destroying Iran&rsquo;s missile capabilities, &ldquo;annihilating&rdquo; its navy, preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and stopping it from arming terrorist groups around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before Trump spoke, Gen.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dan-caine\/\">Dan Caine<\/a>, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\">Pentagon<\/a>&nbsp;is sending more firepower to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>At least four U.S. troops have died so far in the campaign, according to U.S. Central Command. Trump paid his condolences to the fallen during the Medal of Honor ceremony. <\/p>\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; Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>The four fallen service members have not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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: Iran operation ahead of schedule; 10 ships sunk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2575274,"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\/AP26061610651412.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[53988,4551,3823,74906,3634],"class_list":["post-2575273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-escalation-2","tag-foreign-policy","tag-iran","tag-naval-conflict","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061610651412.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575273","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575277,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575273\/revisions\/2575277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}