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Trump declares that ‘we’ have control of Iran’s skies

By AFP 17 June 2025, 7:14 pm 6 Edit
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

US President Donald Trump says that “we” have control of the skies over Iran as questions grow over whether the United States will join Israel’s strikes against the Islamic Republic.

“We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” Trump writes on Truth Social, hailing the use of US-made weaponry, although without explicitly mentioning Israel. “Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”

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