Trump says US conducted 'major combat operations' in Iran

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Source: Politico

02/28/2026 02:58 AM EST Updated: 02/28/2026 05:01 AM EST


President Donald Trump early Saturday announced the U.S. began “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the Middle Eastern nation rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production.

Instead, Trump claimed, the Iranians “attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas and could soon reach our American homeland.”

The president, in video remarks posted to his Truth Social account Saturday, said the strikes were part of a “massive and ongoing operation” against the regime in Tehran. The scale of the strikes was not immediately clear, though he said it targeted Iranian missile sites and the Iranian Navy.

Following Trump’s announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the joint operation “to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran” in a video of his own posted to social media. “This murderous terrorist regime must not be allowed to arm itself with nuclear weapons that would enable it to threaten all of humanity,” Netanyahu said.

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02/28/2026 02:58 AM EST


President Donald Trump early Saturday announced the U.S. began “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the Middle Eastern nation rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production.

Instead, Trump claimed, the Iranians “attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas and could soon reach our American homeland.”

The president, in video remarks posted to his Truth Social account Saturday, said the strikes were part of a “massive and ongoing operation” against the regime in Tehran. The scale of the strikes was not immediately clear.

“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” the president said. “We are going to annihilate their navy, we are going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region and the world.”

[sakabatou]

1. So... another quagmire

[BumRushDaShow]

4. All the "America First" MAGats are gonna LOOOOOVVVVVEEEE this

I normally keep my phone on a dock in my bedroom when I go to bed at night and when I heard CNBC's LOUD "breaking news" blare briefly waking me up a couple hours ago (and then some other news sites not long after), I knew something was up.

[EX500rider]

25. That usually only happens in Boots On The Ground Wars

Bombing Wars a lot less likely

[electric_blue68]

2. WTF?! (3:50AM)

[BumRushDaShow]

5. It started before 2 am EST

I started hearing the "breaking news" alerts going off on my phone waking me up then and I was like, fuck. But then we knew this was gonna happen.

It is 6 hours difference from ET so it was daytime when this started in the ME.

[electric_blue68]

6. Been doing good Non-political stuff since about 6+ hrs ...

Decided to take a peek b4 sleep.
I totally forgot about Iran!
😑

[BumRushDaShow]

9. I think most of the populace have been trying to do that

For example, the Philly Flower Show starts today and goes all this week.

Then when the whiny baby doesn't get attention, outrageous actions get carried out.

IOW, as has been oft-posted on DU - "stochastic terrorism".

It has literally gone from frequent sloganeering and predictions, to reality.

[Frasier Balzov]

3. I think you skipped a few steps before taking this step.

You needed to ask the Article I branch to approve this.

Are your allies in Congress going to try to get this approved after the fact?

[OGBuzz]

13. Fetterman and Graham are already applauding the "Peacemaker" Presidents decision to launch 'Operation Epic Fury'....

against a nation of 91 million. So yes, I expect this will be approved retroactively. Sad times ahead.

[Bluestocking]

53. You spelled Epstein wrong.

It is not epic

[OGBuzz]

62. you are correct, Operation Epstein Fury......my typo

[Botany]

7. There already was a deal in place that would have stopped Iran from ever building a bomb and Trump tore ..

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up that deal and now he is starting an unneeded war over Iran’s nuclear program?

We had a deal worked out to keep Iran from ever getting a nuclear weapon and Donny tore up
that deal which allowed for 24/7 inspections any place in Iran by the International atomic energy
administration to make sure Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon. You can’t build a nuclear
weapon without bomb grade nuclear materials and the treaty that President Obama, Secretary of
State John Kerry, and Sec. of Energy and Chairmen of M.I.T. physics department Ernie Moniz got
done did just that.

There are two ways to get bomb grade nuclear material: # 1 is by enriching Uranium 235 until it is @ least
95% + pure by the use of centrifuges which the treaty stopped Iran from having or making plutonium in
breeder reactors which Iran did not have and the agreement made it impossible for Iran to have such
reactors and you can’t build or have such devices without leaving evidence of having such a program.

Every country in the world should now treat the United States and Donald Trump as pariahs and
threats to the World’s peace. They should shut down all trade, recall their ambassadors, and sell off all
“the paper” they are currently holding of the United States debt aka T-bills and bonds to force Trump
to stop his madness.

That crazy Mother Fucker is willing to kick off WW III because the Epstein Files shows him to
be a child rapist.

[oasis]

10. 100%

[Whip-poor-will]

14. Rapist

His boys will go along with child rape but watching him snuff out a raped child maybe a bridge to far for even them.

There are trump epstein snuff films some people say.

[ChicagoTeamster]

39. Maybe that's why he said he could shoot somebody in the middle of 5th Ave and nobody would do anything.

And then there's his sharks and boats comment. They found a trap door over the ocean in a building on Epstein's island. Did they feed somebody to the sharks? Throw someone overboard?

[llmart]

23. Excellent post. Very succinct and informative.

Can't wait to see all the MAGAts sign up to fight for their cult master.

[love_katz]

8. We should call this The Epstein Wars.

Ye gods! I so very much wish that we could open a better, more sane timeline for our planet.

[thought crime]

11. The negotiations with Iran were not going well...

Apparently, after weeks (weeks!!) of negotiations, Ali Khamenei had still not offered to invest $billions in World Liberty Financial stable coin or buy a seat on Trump's Board of Peace. What's wrong with this guy?

[Rhiannon12866]

12. LIVE: TRUMP GOES TO WAR WITH IRAN!!! - Meidas Touch

MeidasTouch reports on developing breaking news that Israel has launched preemptive strikes on Iran. - 02/28/2026.

[LilElf70]

15. And the approval from Congress is where?

Corrupt MAGAT losers. The dictator has spoken.

[lonely bird]

16. Threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe?

Is he talking about himself?

[thomski64]

22. .. will Bibi and Krasnov have to share..

...the Fifa Peace Prize?

[llmart]

24. Do we even have any "friends" in Europe or anywhere in the world?

[Blue Dotty]

17. Operation Make Epstein Blurry

[Callie1979]

18. Dems better choose their words carefully. The people MAY prevail

If that actually happens you DONT want to be viewed as NOT supporting the people. They have been trying for years to get rid of the Mullahs & we gave them little more than lip service. If this works & the people are freed, Trump WILL get a lot of credit for it like it or not.
Trump is a piece of shit & the worst President we've ever had. But we have to make sure that standing against HIM isnt viewed as standing against freedom elsewhere in the world.
If the regime is changed & the country is freed, the GOP campaign ads for Nov will write themselves
Hold your tongue & see how this goes

[odins folly]

26. This is not meant as an attack on you

But I don’t follow the logic or hope that the people of Iran will rise against their leaders.
I don’t think there has ever been a case where a sovereign country has been attacked by another country and then the people rose up against and then overthrown their heads of state.

I could be wrong, but throughout history things like this tend be a disaster for the attacker

[Callie1979]

54. They've been trying for years. Look how many died trying just a few months ago

If the top people were taken out, the rest MAY be disorganized. This is an opportunity.
I dont give it much chance, no. But whatever comment we make about trumps idiocy should also include supporting a free Iranian population. We'll see within a couple weeks if ANYTHING positive for them comes out of this

[odins folly]

59. I gotch ya

N/T

[NickB79]

28. I fear any freedom will be short lived

ISIS, Al Queda and remnants of the Iranian military are waiting in the wings to swoop in once a power vacuum forms. A true democracy springing from chaos like this is the least likely scenario.

[Callie1979]

58. Maybe so, but they also have several "moderate" nations around them.

Maybe not the best choice of words. But THEY could prevent an ISIS-like takeover.
My point is that we can show support for a free Iran while still criticizing trump & his idiocy. Statements of support for THE PEOPLE should also be put out. Otherwise, like I said, this WILL be a GOP ad in Nov. They're baiting us. Just like the "stand for Americans" moment in the SOTU speech.

[Dan]

45. I have always asked, who kissed America on the ass and made her

Judge and Jury.

[Callie1979]

56. So all the massive protests over the last 12+ years shouldn't be supported?

America has always supposedly stood for backing freedom across the world. Up until Trump became a president anyway.
Imagine Iran returning to the society they were in the mid 70s.

[Dan]

60. If Iran returned to the society that they were inn the mid 70s,

How would that impact you, me, or the rest of America?

[Callie1979]

65. We'd have much safer commerce for one.

Iran is who supports terrorists who hamper Red Sea shipping; 1/3 of container shipping goes thru there. That costs US money.
But I guess WE'RE fine so screw everyone else who is unlucky enough to live under a dictator or is invaded by one?

[Dan]

66. Interesting...

I was not aware that Iran “supported Terrorist” were currently hampering Red Sea shipping. This action will stop those actions, right?

Yes, understand that a lot of world shipping goes through the Red Sea and that cost US money. So, this will reduce the cost?

We’re fine so screw everyone else who is unlucky enough to live under a dictator or invaded by one. Not sure how to answer that except to restate what I said initially “who kissed America on the ass” to determine how the world should run? And, if we are deciding who should live under dictators - we are going to get into a lot of conflicts, can’t wait for our activities with North Korea, Saudia Arabia, Russia to name a few. Under the current direction of the US, we might prepare to start fighting dictatorships here.

We have an idiot in the White House engaging in another war for the benefit of ??? Explain it to me like I am a two-year old.

[QueerDuck]

19. Hey, Susan Sarandon... look!

[bdamomma]

20. Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get this lunatic out of office now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joint effort huh????? between Netanyahu and Trump 2 criminals WTH????? 2 sick white guys playing with peoples lives????

Would it even help if we call our Senators are this?????? assault????
Where is Congress????

[Kali]

21. fuck

[JohnnyRingo]

27. "....our very good friends and allies in Europe". I need a word for this.

"Two-faced" describes a person who is deceitful, hypocritical, or insincere, acting in a trustworthy manner to someone's face while betraying them or speaking ill of them behind their back. It signifies double-dealing behavior, where an individual presents a false, favorable persona to manipulate others.

Key Aspects of Two-Faced Behavior:
Deceitful & Insincere: Acting differently in front of people versus behind their backs.
Betrayal: Sharing personal information or gossiping about friends or colleagues, causing doubt about their loyalty.
Manipulation: Frequently used to describe individuals who manipulate situations for personal gain.

[Johnny2X2X]

29. No boots on the ground

Most Americans don’t care about bombing. Boots in the ground will be the red line.

[lonely bird]

30. Yup

And anyone who thinks boots on the ground will be a cake walk is a fool.

[Johnny2X2X]

31. I don't think we go there

This is just Trump launching some bombs and pretending it’s some massive war to cosplay being a commander.

[Dan]

46. It is rather easy to start a war with another Country.

But once started, you (the attacking nation) doesn’t get to dictate the direction, duration, where, when and type or amount of violence that is determined. The nation that was attacked - they also get a say in what will happen.

[Johnny2X2X]

47. Iran has been attacked over and over.

They lob some ineffective bombs back in the region and things die down. I’m hoping things just the 25th episode of that.

Trump will look for an off ramp to get them back negotiating and then pretend he did something amazing.

[in2herbs]

32. Has anyone proven that his video on Truth Social is real or AI? nt

[OC375]

33. Gaza Part 2

Probably all part of the same overall strategic action. A diminished Hanas and Lebanon on notice make this relatively more manageable, I’m sure. Explains why Gaza was physically removed.

[AloeVera]

34. Projection. Oh the irony.

"This murderous terrorist regime must not be allowed to arm itself with nuclear weapons..." - Netanyahu

Only one murderous terrorist regime with nuclear weapons allowed in the ME, right Bibi asshole?

[RainCaster]

35. Killing children is a major offensive?

Well, I am offended, maybe that's what they meant.

[SergeStorms]

36. "Obliterated."

Huh.......the Oxford Dictionary will have to reassess that word's definition now, won't they?

[Bluetus]

37. Trump can't answer the most basic question: "Why?"

Ultimately, there are two reasons that dwarf all the others.

1) Netanyahu wants to do regime change and Trump wants to stay close to Bibi so Trump will get the best properties in Gaza.

2) Epstein, Epstein, Epstein.

What it is NOT about is Iran's nukes. Oman had negotiated an agreement but Thursday whereby Iran agreed to no uranium enrichment for several years and to have any already-enriched stocks taken out of Iran.

If this were about the safety of Americans and allies (do we still have allies?), Trump would have taken that deal and claimed the 10th war he has stopped.

[Sneederbunk]

38. Regime change? Change to what?

[BumRushDaShow]

40. The deposed Shah's son is out there instigating...

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah at centre of protest chants

He may have kicked some $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ over to 45 to do this too.

Exploring Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s Net Worth and Enduring Legacy of the Pahlavi Dynasty

[republianmushroom]

41. Want to tell me again how you deserve the

Nobel Peace prize, you orange turd.

[BradBo]

42. What happened to the nuke program you said you obliterated you fucking chicken hawk.

[popsdenver]

43. Frankly, I am surprised BRDS,

I was betting he would have had a huge RED button on his podium, at the State of the Union, and slam his fist down on it, in front of everyone, signaling the U.S. Armed Forces to begin bombing IRAN........providing FOX news and the Republican MEDIA video and sound bites they would use from that moment on for the next three years. Demonstrating the power of their chief MAGA, Psychopath leader.......

[BumRushDaShow]

44. They had to wait for the U.S.S. Gerald Ford carrier group to arrive in the area

which it did yesterday - USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier set to arrive at Israeli coast today

?t=13971

[Evolve Dammit]

48. Wagging the dog. He knows the pedo files will sink his orange ass. Thought Iran's program was "Totally obliterated" ??

[riversedge]

49. Several eyewitness reports are coming in that the Palms was struck in Dubai.

Several eyewitness reports are coming in that the Palms was struck in Dubai.

Several eyewitness reports are coming in that the Palms was struck in Dubai.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-02-28T15:49:40.194Z

[riversedge]

50. Iranian missiles have struck Israel's Mossad-run call centers employing Indian workers near the Al Jumeirah Hotel in Dub

Abraham 🇵🇸🇺🇸
@Celine672199
·
2h
Iranian missiles have struck Israel’s Mossad-run call centers employing Indian workers near the Al Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai.

Several eyewitness reports are coming in that the Palms was struck in Dubai.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-02-28T15:49:40.194Z

[RandySF]

51. We dropped bombs.

I don’t call that a major operation.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. Operation Epstein Fury

[Emile]

55. MAGATS new ball cap.

[riversedge]

57. ‪Ron Filipkowski‬ ‪· 2h Trump this morning posts his reason for war with Iran.

‪Ron Filipkowski‬
‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬
· 2h
Trump this morning posts his reason for war with Iran.

Trump this morning posts his reason for war with Iran.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T16:46:38.579Z

Wait. I thought it was because of their nuclear program?

— M 💓 (@liveadivinelife.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T16:58:35.923Z

[LPBBEAR]

61. Over and over

the lesson should have learned by now.

You can't conquer a country with Air power alone. This conflict will spread. Without troops to secure the country the Iranians will continue to fight. Since we're the aggressor they will attack every US asset they can reach.

This will turn into a hairball even Trump can't comb over.
He'll eventually use the klusterf**k to declare a national emergency.
Then he'll declare the elections null and void and claim he is due a third term since we're in a state of War.
An emergency he created.

And once again, as in Venezuela, its ALL about the oil.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

63. 'Tested well with 6-year-olds': Pentagon buried for 'embarrassing' name for Iran attack

The name of this operation is so very stupid

While the Trump administration's unprecedented attack on Iran has received a wave of scrutiny, so too did the name the administration had given the operation – Operation Epic Fury – which was dogpiled on Saturday morning by critics as childish.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-28T21:00:11Z

https://www.rawstory.com/operation-epic-fury/

While the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Iran has received a wave of scrutiny, so too did the name the administration had given the operation – Operation Epic Fury – which was dogpiled on Saturday morning by critics as childish.

“It's called Operation Epic Fury because it tested well with a panel of 6 year olds and Steven Seagal,” wrote author Russ Jones in a social media post on Bluesky Saturday.

“More like Operation Epstein’s Fury,” wrote prominent political commentator and social media influencer Jackson Hinkle in a post to his more than 3.6 million followers on X, referencing the Trump administration’s ongoing fallout from its botched investigation into Jeffrey Epstein......

“Operation Epic Fury sounds like [an] energy drink that gives you heart palpitations and bad decisions,” wrote X user "Crypto Intel Plug,” a cryptocurrency commentator with more than 1,600 followers.

It's called Operation Epic Fury because it tested well with a panel of 6 year olds and Steven Seagal.

— Russ Jones (@russincheshire.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T09:34:28.753Z

[usonian]

64. "Our very good friends and allies in Europe"

WE HAVE NO very good friends and allies in Europe, except maybe Orban

Thanks to shithead trying to break up NATO at his Lord and Master Putin's command.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

67. They have patches out for this diversion