(The Center Square) – Hours after Iran launched retaliatory strikes against the U.S. for striking its three key nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Iran. The president is touting the deal as a “complete and total ceasefire” in a Truth Social post Monday afternoon.

Although the operation achieved an impressive level of tactical success, with a swarm of warplanes penetrating Iran unchallenged following a long, undetected flight from Missouri, it will be far harder than the president has suggested to reliably evaluate the damage inflicted on Iran’s ability to manufacture a nuclear weapon.

President Donald Trump has said that US strikes over the weekend have “completely and totally obliterated" Iran’s three flagship nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Yet Dan Caine, who presides over the US’ military chiefs,