Trump details how US bunker-buster bombs sliced through Iran’s Fordow nuclear site: 'Like butter'

'It was obliterated like nobody's ever seen before,' Donald Trump said of Iran’s nuclear ambitions during an interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo
UPDATED JUN 30, 2025
President Donald Trump discussed the Iran airstrikes on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures' (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump discussed the Iran airstrikes on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures' (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump can't stop gushing about the airstrikes he ordered on Iran’s underground nuclear facilities last weekend.

In a sit-down interview on Sunday, June 29, the commander-in-chief bragged about how the bunker-buster bombs tore through Iran’s most secretive nuclear site like a hot knife through "butter.”

“The bomb went through it, like it was butter, like it was absolute butter,” he told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on 'Sunday Morning Futures', describing what he says was a flawless takedown of Iran’s Fordow nuclear site.



 

Trump declared that Iran’s nuclear ambitions had been torched, at least for now.

“It was obliterated like nobody's ever seen before. And that meant the end to their nuclear ambitions at least for a period of time,” he said confidently. “I said, the last thing they want to do right now is think about nuclear. They have to put themselves back into condition, in shape,” Trump added.

The POTUS took credit for what he called a “spectacular military success” in destroying Iran’s three major nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is holding the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, joined by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025, in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Donald Trump wants Iran strike intel leakers in Congress prosecuted

After a top-secret intelligence document leaked to CNN suggested the strike only “set back” Iran’s nuke program by a few months, Donald Trump wasn't having it. He accused Democrats of leaking classified information and demanded criminal charges.

“The Democrats are the ones who leaked the information on the PERFECT FLIGHT to the Nuclear Sites in Iran. They should be prosecuted!” he wrote on Truth Social.



 

Bartiromo pressed him about the post.

“They should be prosecuted,” Trump reiterated. “Who specifically?” Bartiromo asked. “You can find out. If they wanted, they could find out easily,” he teased. 

The 79-year-old even explained how he’d go about smoking out the leaker.

“You go up and tell the reporter, ‘National security, who gave it?’” he explained. “You have to do that. And I suspect we’ll be doing things like that.”



 

Meanwhile, NBC News reported that the White House plans to scale back the amount of intelligence shared with Congress in light of the leak.

A surprise strike ordered by Donald Trump that shook the world

According to multiple sources, the strikes were carried out by US B-2 stealth bombers equipped with a dozen 30,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs designed to punch through reinforced underground targets. The targets were Iran’s crown jewels of uranium enrichment: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Trump had earlier confirmed the mission’s success on Truth Social. 



 

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of Bombs was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,” he wrote.

“All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. Now Is The Time For Peace! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he added. 

Trump doubled down during a late-night address on June 21. “The strikes were a spectacular military success,” he told the nation from the White House.



 

But the strike briefing — led by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Caine, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — raised eyebrows among some lawmakers. The leaked report claimed Iran had managed to move much of its enriched uranium before the bombs dropped.

The White House isn’t having that narrative. Officials insist the leak “selectively” omitted key information and that it’s “still too early” for a full intelligence analysis.

Donald Trump suggests his Iran strike could accelerate peace in the region

Donald Trump reportedly made the decision to attack Iran's sites "based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future."

He also used the Sunday interview to plug his earlier diplomatic victories, like the Abraham Accords, suggesting that the Iran strike could now accelerate peace in the region.

“We have some really great countries in there right now, and I think we’re going to start loading them up because Iran was the primary problem,” he said.



 

The White House narrative about the aforementioned nuclear sites being "obliterated" got a boost from an unexpected source.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), appeared on  CBS News' 'Face the Nation' and confirmed that the scale of the strike was no joke.

“You will see that there is an agreement in describing this as a very serious level of damage,” Grossi said, speaking about the bombed-out nuclear sites.

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