U.S. President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation after the attack on nuclear facilities in Iran that "Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If it doesn't – the next attacks will be much bigger and much easier." According to him, "For 40 years, Iran has shouted 'Death to America, Death to Israel.' They killed our people with roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We lost more than 1,000 people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and the world were killed as a direct result of their hatred."