CNN anchor Erin Burnett dropped a blistering supercut during her live broadcast on Monday, pointing to multiple times when President Donald Trump claimed to have “eviscerated” Iran’s military.
The clips revealed multiple instances where Trump discussed the Iran war and made explosive remarks. Burnett raised several questions about the ongoing conflict and questioned the president after Trump announced the United States would strike Iran for the third night in a row and said the military was “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz.
“The White House told Congress that the U.S. is targeting missile launch sites, air defenses, military maritime assets, military support infrastructure and command and control capabilities, which is quite an extensive list,” Burnett said. “And it does raise a really important question, because isn’t this what Trump has already said again and again and again was already accomplished by his 136-day war? After all, Trump has claimed all those things that I listed have been wiped out and eviscerated, destroyed by the U.S.”
She also expressed skepticism over the president’s comments about Iran’s current military capabilities compared to what Trump has claimed.
“Of course, that is not true,” Burnett said. “And just on some of the basic numbers, right, the we know that Iran still has about 70% of its pre-war missile stockpile, and it has 70% of its launchers. Even though you heard him say they’ve cut the launchers by 90%. In fact, Iran claimed that it targeted what it called a, ‘hostile U.S. vessel with cruise missiles today.’ All of this is a big escalation. And it comes as Trump says the U.S. is about to take over the Strait of Hormuz, which is another oddity, because if it were easy to do, obviously, given the disruption economically around the world, the U.S. would have done it a long time ago.”