During his State of the Union address, Trump said Iran had ignored his warnings not to return to nuclear enrichment and weapons development after he ordered U.S. bombers and a submarine to send deep-penetrating bombs and cruise missiles at Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. Those strikes, launched in June, put the U.S. in direct conflict with Iran, openly joining Israel in trying to destroy Iran’s infrastructure for enriching uranium that could be used in nuclear weapons development.