Trump: U.S., China Only Countries with Equipment to Remove ‘Nuclear Dust’ from Iran

President Donald Trump has been told by Iran that only the United States and China have the equipment to remove the “nuclear dust” from nuclear sites struck in Operation Midnight Hammer last Summer.

Trump’s comments came to reporters aboard Air Force One during the flight to the United States following his China trip this week.

“[Iran] said that they can’t remove it because they don’t have the technology to remove it,” Trump told reporters. “They don’t have the type of tractors… They told me directly, they said the only one that can remove it is China or the U.S., we’re the only ones with the equipment.”

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Trump noted that the Iranians have acknowledged the sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan were destroyed by the bunker busters used in Operation Midnight Hammer, but he still wants to remove the material deep underground,