President Donald Trump stunned the country and the world on Saturday after he announced that he greenlit a legendary operation to bomb Iran's remaining nuclear sites using B-2 stealth bombers and submarine-fired cruise missiles.
According to the Washington Examiner, shortly after Trump confirmed that the attack was a success, his Truth Social platform briefly crashed, though it was brought back online less than 30 minutes later.
While the reason for the crash is still undetermined, the likely cause is the presumptuous spike in traffic to the platform where Trump typically announces news first before the rest of the media picks it up.
Others on social media who noticed that the platform was down wondered if it could have been a retaliatory cyber attack by Iran or one of its proxies, which is expected in the wake of the successful U.S. strike on its nuclear facilities.
The eyes of the entire world were on Iran since Saturday night, wondering what, if anything, the country will do in response to the United States' devastating attack that marked a catastrophic blow to the country's nuclear program.
While the country threatened to get even with the United States, it hasn't yet, and has only continued to fire missiles into Israel.
Israel's missile defense systems have neutralized a vast majority of the Iranian missiles that target the country and some of its major cities, but some to do manage to get through and cause significant damage.
Even since the strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, President Trump has called for peace from Iran, though the country and its leaders do not look like they're very much interested in that concept.
Many believe if Iran foolishly decides to retaliate against a U.S. base or asset in the region, it will lead to chaos as Trump has promised to cause even greater destruction to the country if that's the path it chooses.
At the time of this publication, Iran has not retaliated against any U.S. bases or assets.
Many across social media weighed in on the current state of affairs as the world waits to see what Iran does next.
"President Trump didn’t bomb Iran…he targeted nuclear facilities within Iran. There’s a big difference. Let’s be accurate with our words. His actions weren’t aimed at the Iranian people, but at the Islamic regime and its pursuit of nuclear weapons," one X user explained.
Another X user wrote, "Trump showed restraint and strength."
It'll be interesting to see how the situation unfolds in the coming days and weeks.
