It's Monday, March 2nd, 26, one of the most extraordinary weekends in geopolitics of this era.

Next on the AM update.

Many Americans woke up to the news on Saturday morning that was delivered in the middle of the night, Friday into Saturday.

Here's President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

And we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it.

Again, they wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it. They didn't know what was happening.

They just wanted to practice evil. But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and

decades, they've rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can't

take it anymore. Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and to continue developing long-range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland.

Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had

and actually were armed with nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message. For these reasons,

the United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked,

radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.

U.S. Central Command commenced Operation Epic Fury at the direction of President Trump.

Strikes began at 1.15 a.m. Eastern time. That would be 9.45 a.m. local time in Tehran, Iran, U.S. and partner forces, mostly Israel, initiated large-scale strikes to dismantle Iran security apparatus, prioritizing imminent threats.

Targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cork, man-and-control facilities,

Air Force Defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and military airfields, marked one of the

largest concentrations of U.S. military firepower in the region in a generation involving

precision munitions from air, land, and sea platform. Central Command described it as a

precise, overwhelming campaign to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat, destroy ballistic missile

capabilities, degrade proxy networks, and cripple naval forces. That address that you heard

President Trump give that was posted in the middle of the night.

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