Trump announces 'irrefutable' Pentagon press conference to take place Thursday on Iran strikes

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the Pentagon will hold an "irrefutable" press conference on Thursday morning that will respond to inaccurate reporting on the United States' bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities.

The press conference, which will take place at 8 a.m. Eastern, is expected to clarify some of the details of the bombings that were reported by the New York Times and CNN, which Trump claimed upset the pilots who flew the bombs over Iran.

"Secretary of Defense (War!) Pete Hegseth, together with Military Representatives, will be holding a Major News Conference tomorrow morning at 8 A.M. EST at The Pentagon, in order to fight for the Dignity of our Great American Pilots," Trump posted to Truth Social. 

"These Patriots were very upset! After 36 hours of dangerously flying through Enemy Territory, they landed, they knew the Success was LEGENDARY, and then, two days later, they started reading Fake News by CNN and The Failing New York Times. They felt terribly," he continued.

"Fortunately for them and, as usual, solely for the purpose of demeaning PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, the Fake News (Times and CNN) lied and totally misrepresented the Facts, none of which they had (because it was too soon, there were no Facts out there yet!)," he added. "The News Conference will prove both interesting and irrefutable. Enjoy!"

The announcement comes after Trump called for CNN to fire one of its reporters who Trump claimed lied about both the Hunter Biden laptop story and the Iranian nuclear sites.

"Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from CNN! I watched her for three days doing Fake News. She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out 'like a dog,'" Trump posted to Truth Social. "She should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN. It’s people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network.

"Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn’t have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA," he added.

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