Major US cities go on high alert following Trump's military strike on Iran
Cities across the United States are on high alert following Donald Trump 's airstrikes on three nuclear cites in Iran.
The president addressed the nation late Saturday and called the attack a 'spectacular military success,' stating that Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities 'have been completely and totally obliterated.'
Trump deployed B-2 stealth bombers to take out Iran's key Fordow bunker, Natanz and Esfahan sites.
He issued a doomsday warning to Iran if they don't immediately run to the negotiating table to make peace with Israel.
Iran's foreign minister called the strikes 'outrageous' and said that Tehran 'reserves all options' to retaliate.
After Trump's announcement, police in New York City and Washington DC revealed they increasing their presence amid fears of a retaliatory attack.
The New York City Police Department said in a post to X: 'We're tracking the situation unfolding in Iran.
'Out of an abundance of caution, we're deploying additional resources to religious, cultural, and diplomatic sites across NYC and coordinating with our federal partners. We'll continue to monitor for any potential impact to NYC.'
Not long after that post, the Metropolitan Police Department also released a similar statement.
It said: 'The Metropolitan Police Department is closely monitoring the events in Iran.
'We are actively coordinating with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to share information and monitor intelligence in order to help safeguard residents, businesses, and visitors in the District of Columbia.'
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass posted to X saying the city was 'closely monitoring any threats to public safety.'
She added: 'There are no known credible threats at this time and out of an abundance of caution, LAPD is stepping up patrols near places of worship, community gathering spaces and other sensitive sites.
'We will remain vigilant in protecting our communities.'
Paul Mauro, a former NYPD Inspector who monitored terror cells in the city, told Fox News that police presence will be increased outside religious intuitions.
'[NYPD] will put out special attention patrol cars at locations that could track to the conflict in places that have an Israeli connection, and there's a couple of Shia mosques - Iran, is Shia - and there are a couple of Shia mosques,' Mauro said.
He also noted authorities will be monitoring online for any bad actors that could be plotting against the US.
'You never know what's going to develop. So [they'll] liaise with those communities. They'll talk to them, they'll put special patrol, special attention patrol,' said Mauro.
'You're going to look very closely online. You're going to be monitoring a lot of the online stuff. NYPD has a very robust cyber counterterrorism program, and you're going to do that very heavily.'
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