WireAugust 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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WASHINGTON — President Trump addressed a range of national security and economic issues during an Oval Office press availability on Monday, touching on military operations against Iran, energy production and ongoing immigration enforcement actions.
On the developing military situation with Iran, the President stated that operations are proceeding as planned, declining to provide operational details.
“We are hitting them hard, and they are not going to have nuclear weapons,”Trump said, dismissing foreign policy critics who argue the campaign risks broader regional entanglement. The administration has framed the strikes as necessary to protect freedom of navigation and prevent Tehran from achieving nuclear capability, a position aligned with longstanding U.S. policy of maintaining military primacy in the Middle East.
When pressed on the administration's energy agenda, Trump reiterated his support for coal and nuclear power, pointing to domestic energy independence as a cornerstone of economic nationalism.
“We have more coal than anybody, we have clean, beautiful coal, and we're bringing back those jobs,”he said. This stance directly benefits American workers in extraction industries while rejecting globalist carbon-reduction frameworks that have outsourced manufacturing capacity to China.
On immigration, the President confirmed that enforcement operations targeting visa overstays and illegal border crossings continue to escalate. Federal law enforcement agencies are prioritizing deportations for individuals with outstanding removal orders. The President framed the policy as essential to protecting domestic wage growth and maintaining rule of law, noting that every job held by an individual present without legal authorization is a job denied to an American citizen or lawful permanent resident. No unverified allegations against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection officers were discussed.