25 years after 9/11: Trump sent a tough message to Iran

25 years after the 9/11 attacks, US President Donald Trump delivered a statement vowing that the US will "never, ever forget," linking the lessons of the disaster to the war against Iran and declaring: "That's why we are fighting today." Trump described the perpetrators as "radical Islamic terrorists" and presented the campaign against Iran as a continuation of the principle born after 9/11.

25 years after the 9/11 attacks, US President Donald Trump delivered an official statement vowing that the US will "never, ever forget" the event. Trump described the perpetrators as "radical Islamic terrorists" who turned four passenger planes into "weapons of mass murder." He mentioned the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. The reference to Iran was one of the most prominent political parts of the speech: Trump presented the current campaign against the Islamic Republic as a continuation of the principle born after 9/11, according to which the US cannot wait until a security threat becomes an attack on its soil. In an interview broadcast today, Trump said he does not regret his decision to go to war with Iran, even if it hurts Republicans in the midterm elections. According to him, his goal is to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The central message of the ceremony was that 9/11 is not just a historical event, but a security warning that remains relevant after 25 years.