Trump said- Iran’s leadership and air defense are all over, now it is too late

Updated: 03-03-2026, 07.06 PM

What is the news?

US President Donald Trump claimed regarding the conflict with Iran that the Islamic country’s air defense and leadership have been destroyed. He said this regarding an article by Mark A. Thiessen, a Washington Post columnist, on social media truth. While sharing the link of the article, he wrote that Iran wants to talk, but now it is too late.

Which article did Trump share?

President Trump had posted his post on an article written by columnist Mark Thiessen in the Washington Post amid increasing attacks by America and Israel on Iran. He wrote, ‘Their (Iran) air defense, air force, navy and leadership have been destroyed. They want to talk. I said – it’s too late! The Wall Street Journal story was wrong, and shameful. Thiessen’s article defends Trump’s decision to initiate military action.

What is written in the article?

Thiessen’s account, titled “We are witnessing the birth of the Trump doctrine”, argues that the attacks are not the beginning of a new endless war but the culmination of a 47-year-long conflict between the US-Iranian regimes. The article suggests that continued air strikes could collapse the Iranian leadership and military infrastructure without the deployment of US troops. Thiessen has described this approach as the new ‘Trump Doctrine’.