Trump 'started World War III' with US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, ex-NFL star says

Fox News' Trey Yingst reports the latest on possible retaliation from Iran from Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Former NFL star Robert Griffin III weighed in on the U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday night and declared that President Donald Trump has "started World War III."

Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that the U.S. military had "completed our very successful attack" on the Iranian facilities. The U.S. targeted Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. He wrote that U.S. aircraft had dropped a "full payload of BOMBS" on the nuclear installations.

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Oct. 16, 2023; Inglewood, California: Robert Griffin III on the ESPN Monday Night Football Countdown set SoFi Stadium.  (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

Griffin, who played quarterback for the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens, was among those who reacted on X.

"Donald Trump just started World War III by bombing Iran," Griffin wrote. "Pray for us all."

Trump addressed the nation in the hours of the strikes were completed. He reported that Iran’s nuclear facilities had been "obliterated" and that the country had been backed into a corner and that it "must now make peace."

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Nov. 23, 2014; Santa Clara, CA: Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) looks to throw a pass against the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium. (Cary Edmondson-USA Today Sports)

"Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated," Trump said. "And Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier."

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