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Karoline Leavitt@PressSec · Mar 12, 2026

The left-wing media is lying and pushing a fake narrative that there has been “mixed messaging” about the objectives…

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This thread presents a compilation of statements from Trump administration officials and military leadership defending the clarity of objectives in 'Operation Epic Fury' against Iran, arguing that messaging has been consistent rather than mixed. The stated objectives include destroying Iran's missile capabilities and navy, preventing nuclear weapons development, and stopping support for proxy forces in the region.

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    The left-wing media is lying and pushing a fake narrative that there has been “mixed messaging” about the objectives of Operation Epic Fury. From the beginning, President Trump and his entire team have consistently laid out clear objectives to the American people about what the U.S. Military seeks to accomplish through these ongoing successful major combat operations: 1.) Destroy the terrorist Iranian regime’s missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. 2.) Annihilate the terrorist Iranian regime’s navy. 3.) Ensure the regime’s fellow terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region and attack our forces 4.) Guarantee the terrorist Iranian regime cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.
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 @POTUS (March 2): "Our objectives are clear. First, we're destroying Iran's missile capabilities... Second, we're annihilating their navy... Third, we're ensuring that the world's number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon... And finally, we're ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders."

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    .@VP (March 2): “Whatever happens with the regime in one form or another, it's incidental to the President's primary objective here — which is to make sure the Iranian terrorist regime does not build a nuclear bomb.”

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    .@SecRubio (March 3): “Our objectives remain, as they've been identified from the beginning...”

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    Admiral Brad Cooper (March 3): “Our military in the Middle East is undertaking an unprecedented operation to eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten Americans, as they’ve been doing for nearly half a century.”

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    .@SecWar (March 4): "The mission is laser-focused: obliterate Iran's missiles and drones and facilities that produce them, annihilate its navy and critical security infrastructure, and sever their pathway to nuclear weapons."

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    Me (March 4): “At the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, launched last weekend, President Trump laid out clear objectives…”

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    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (March 4): “The operation was again launched with clear military objectives designed to dismantle Iran’s ability to project power outside of its borders, both today and in the future.”