Trump says U.S. may target one or two sites in Iran, including Pickaxe Mountain
On October 31, 2026, President Donald Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago that the United States had “one or two” remaining sites in Iran to “take care of,” specifically naming the suspected underground Pickaxe Mountain complex and saying action could be done “in 10 minutes.” He did not say a strike had been ordered or carried out, so the statement signals possible future U.S. military action rather than a confirmed attack.
Bloomberg’s post and corroborating context support a direct statement by President Donald Trump on October 31, 2026 that the United States had “one or two” remaining sites in Iran to “take care of,” specifically naming Pickaxe Mountain. This is a material forward-looking geopolitical signal with potential military, energy and shipping implications, but it was not a confirmed strike order or completed attack; the repeated prior references to Pickaxe Mountain also reduce the surprise relative to a new escalation. The occurrence timestamp is normalized to the known calendar date at 00:00 UTC because no exact time of the remarks is provided. The existing Pickaxe Mountain threat event remains the appropriate match. Only listed companies with relatively clear defense-procurement, shipping, or Gulf-feedstock exposure are approved; more speculative cyber, alternative-supply and generic defense beneficiaries are omitted.
President Trump said the US “still needs to take care of one or two sites” in Iran, including the heavily fortified nuclear compound known as Pickaxe Mountain.