Karoline Leavitt: “The objectives of Operation Epic Fury were, of course, to…”

“Don't leave these guys in charge. Just get it over with. Well, President Trump has been clear from the beginning what the objectives of this mission were. The objectives of Operation Epic Fury were, of course, to significantly diminish the Iranian regime's ballistic missile capability, which we have done. It was to completely annihilate their navy, which we have done. As I said said previously, it is sitting in the bottom of the sea.” (05:12–05:20)

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