The U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was ‘very, very proud’ of the U.S. military for the detonation of a massive bomb against Islamic State positions in eastern Afghanistan.

"Very, very proud of the people. Another--, really another successful job. We're very, very proud of our military. Just like we're proud of the folks in this room, we are so proud of our military and it was another successful event,” he said in a meeting with emergency responders from Georgia.

Trump said the attack with a bunker-busting GBU-43 weapon that can penetrate deep inside concrete or even a mountainside was a successful mission.

Trump said he has given U.S. military commanders "total authorization" to carry out operations and asserted that, compared to military policies Barack Obama's administration, has demonstrated a "tremendous difference."