Trump to Iran: ‘We’re going to hit them very hard’

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President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is “going to hit them very hard” after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime.

Trump spoke with Fox News’s Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran’s infrastructure.

“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, we’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night, we’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them,” Trump said. “Because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges.”

Trump said these new attacks would continue until Iranian negotiators “get to the table and negotiate.”

Hours later, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced that a new wave of strikes attacked “dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas.”

The president also said that the Strait of Hormuz, which Iranian officials said was shut down for exports leaving the region, is “open if people want to go through it.”

“We’re not opening it for Iran,” Trump continued. “That’s the only one it’s closed for –– it’s closed for Iran, both in and out, but it’s open now. A lot of things have happened, Trey, in the last few months — pipelines are being built. We’re coming up with great alternatives, including Texas, including Alaska.”

Trump has renewed his threat to take over the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. Navy reimposing the naval blockade in the strait where 20 percent of the world’s oil supply flows. The president originally considered charging a 20 percent toll on vessels going through the strait, but reconsidered this with his decision to negotiate trade and investment with Gulf states.

“We will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do with Iranian cargo,” Trump wrote earlier Tuesday on Truth Social.

Centcom confirmed that the blockade returned to its position.

Trump suggested on Monday that the U.S. could “take out Pickaxe Mountain,” near Iran’s damaged Natanz uranium enrichment facility in the Zagros Mountains. Experts believe that the depth of the facility means America’s most powerful bunker buster bombs are unlikely to penetrate it.

The strait’s on-again, off-again closures have caused energy prices to soar, with Americans paying more at the pump. Rising fuel costs in the U.S. have placed a strain on Americans’ pocketbooks and ramped up pressure on the Trump administration to bring an end to the war.

The president has largely dismissed these concerns, saying early in the conflict in March that it would be a quick “excursion.” He later said in May that he does not think about Americans’ financial situations when considering his next steps in the conflict.

The conflict’s resumption comes after both countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the conflict. Talks seemingly ended following Iranian attacks on vessels in the strait, though Iran accused the U.S. of frequently violating the ceasefire established in the MOU.

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