Trump blasts leaker for sabotaging Iran strike plans, says conflict will end swiftly
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President Donald Trump said an unnamed leaker revealed U.S. bomber movements ahead of a planned Iran strike and predicted the war would wrap up soon after the midterm elections, while regional leaders delayed a summit amid the unrest.
President Donald Trump said an alleged leaker disclosed the departure and arrival times of U.S. B-2 bombers scheduled for a strike on Iran, compromising the mission and putting American operations at risk. He said "leakers should be shot" and described the individual as a "sleazebag" who should be jailed.
At a rally in Arizona, Trump described the bombers as "beautiful B-2 — the wings that carry very large bombs and are totally stealth" and said Iran was waiting for them, but the operation was foiled after the timing was published in media outlets.
Trump also said the Iran war would "end very quickly" after the upcoming midterm elections, adding that Iran’s senior leadership had been removed and that Iranian officials were now seeking assurances of survival. He said the conflict would conclude "one way or the other" and predicted that oil prices would fall sharply afterward.
The European Union and Gulf Cooperation Council postponed a summit scheduled for Oct. 24 in Riyadh, with officials saying a new date would be set later. Reuters reported the postponement after Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev indicated the meeting might be scrapped amid heightened regional fighting.
"Leakers should be shot," Trump said at the Arizona rally. "They ought to go to jail. But they leaked that we were leaving at 1207 from Missouri," he added. "It’s going to end very quickly, and when that happens, the oil is going to come way down," Trump told the audience in Kalispell, Montana.