‘I may be gone’: Trump’s startling Iran admission amid abrupt Air Force One switch

For the second time in 24 hours, the US has launched attacks on Iran.This is after Donald Trump warned they would come.Let's go to our Washington correspondent, Jonathan Kersley.Now, he also said in his eyes the ceasefire is over.He had a few character assessments for the Iranians as well, Jono.

That's right, called them scum, liars, cheats and just moments ago on board Air Force One speaking with reporters referring to the Iranian regime as sleazebags.Earlier at NATO he had said that this ceasefire was effectively over.Warned strikes would come and those strikes did come.Let's have a look at some of the areas where the explosions and blasts have been reported.Iranian state media talking about some of the sites across largely coastal areas, but it is much bigger in terms of geographical spread than what it was yesterday.You've got Bushehr up in the north, which is home to one of Iran's nuclear power plants.

No damage to that site, according to Iran's state media.You keep moving down the Strait of Hormuz, you've got Bandar Abbas, you've got Sirik, then Konarak and Chabahar, where there were reports of power outages there.President Trump, I mentioned he's spoken to reporters on board Air Force One.He's also taken to Truth Social to talk about why he's carrying out these strikes.He says that this is in retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran.If it happens again it'll get much worse.

What he is saying there is this may well be it for now and if Iran continues to attack commercial shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.Well, then the U .S.will resume its pressure, military pressure and military strikes.U .S.

Central Command announced that it was American military that was carrying out this operation.It said at the direction of the commander in chief, which is, of course, the natural course of action for the U .S.military, saying that Central Command forces started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.Holding Iran accountable for what it says was recent unjustifiedaggression against commercial shipping.

Now, Laura, when President Trump was speaking with reporters on board Air Force One just moments ago, he also claimed that Iran had been in contact and, in his words, were desperate to make a deal.So where this goes to from here, well, we haven't seen an Iranian response militarily yet.despite warnings from some officials that there would be a massive attack on US bases in the Gulf region.Speaking at the NATO summit where President Trump has spent the last two days in Ankara in Turkey, he had hinted that this would come.He lashed out at the Iranian regime, as I said, referring to them as scum.This is some of what he had to say.

I don't want to deal with them anymore.They're scum.You know what scum is?They're scum.They're sick people.They're led by sick people.

And they're vicious, violent people.And if they had a nuclear weapon, they'd use it.As far as I'm concerned, it's over.

There's something wrong with them.They're cuckoo.

As far as I'm concerned, it's over.

Not backwards or going forwards, President Trump there.We have these pictures that have come in within the last hour or so, Laura, of the compound of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.ofall But at the same time, when everybody left on board, the old aircraft left Turkey, the press in the press cabin were told keep their windows closed.He was asked, well, why would that be the case?He said, well, this is a dangerous area.

So it's clear in his mind there is some element of security concern.But exactly why they opted to switch planes and switch planes, he did because he's boarded the new one in the United Kingdom to make his way back to the United States of America.Well, the exact truth of that, well, that remains to be seen exactly why they've made the switch.But earlier on today he said that he is still Iran's number one target.

Their leaders are gone.They had leaders, they're gone.Then they had another set of leaders, they're gone.Now they have another set of leaders, they may be gone.Who knows?And you know what?

I may be gone too.Because I'm their number one target.It's out all over the place.I'm their number one because they're scum.

So an eventful NATO summit that has seen much come out of it, a lot of discussion on Iran, these latest wave of strikes question where this memorandum of understanding is now headed.It's exactly three weeks since that was signed back in Paris by President Trump at the palace in the French capital city, making his way back now to Washington DC with many questions over where this conflict really goes to, Laura.