In an interview with NBC, Trump argued that due to the destruction of stockpiles of missiles, drones and industrial potential by US forces, Iran “has no choice but to yield to US demands in negotiations.”
—We completely destroyed their army. They still have some missiles, they have some drones – admitted the US president. When asked about the numbers, he initially did not want to answer, but later said that Iran had “approximately 21-22 percent” left. missiles.
“That's a lot of missiles, but not as many as they had when we attacked,” Trump said. When asked why negotiations with the regime in Tehran are taking so long, the US president put it down to, among other things, down to Iranian pride.
The press gave different estimates than Donald Trump
“They're proud, and these are things they never thought they'd have to do, that they're going to have to do. They have no choice, but it will take some time. “We're talking about 47 years of them getting away with everything they wanted,” Trump said.
The Washington Post reported in April, citing CIA estimates, that Iran had as much as 70 percent left. pre-war stocks of ballistic missiles and a similar number of launchers. The Trump administration denied these calculations at the time.
