President Donald Trump is teasing explosive retaliation on Kharg Island after Iran fired missiles at U.S. bases in Jordan overnight.
The commander in chief posted two A.I.-generated videos on X late Sunday night, saying, “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!”
Trump also released a statement indicating: “Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD! They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police, Inflation is at 300%, and their leadership is in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country.
“The only thing they have is FAKE NEWS from the USA, a willingness to kill their protesters (now over 100,000 people dead. They must be tried for war crimes against humanity!), and a good line of ‘BULLSH**.’”
After Iran fired on two U.S. bases in Jordan as American forces struck two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, Trump vowed retaliation.
“We’re going to hit them hard,” Trump told Trey Yingst of Fox News. “There will be a response.”
President Trump says the United States will respond to the Iranian missile attack on U.S. forces overnight.
“We’re going to hit them hard,” President Trump told Fox News. “There will be a response.” pic.twitter.com/sjLOLSxm4g
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) August 31, 2026
Yingst explained U.S. forces let one missile get past air defense overnight because it wasn’t going to hit anything. The other missiles were intercepted, according to the president. Still, there is a slimmer of hope for possible talks.
“They want to meet so badly,” Trump said. “I just don’t know if you can count on a deal with them.”
“The sanctions are kicking in really strongly.”
NEW: @TreyYingst shares the latest details on the U.S. and Iran’s dueling missile strikes as tensions escalate in the Middle East.
Iran’s overnight attack against U.S. forces in Jordan, which failed to cause significant impacts, comes in the wake of U.S. forces taking down… pic.twitter.com/87HAdVSZxT
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 31, 2026
Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, claimed in a recent statement that strikes by U.S. forces to prevent the IRGC from placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz were an “act of aggression.”
“This claim is absolutely FALSE,” stressed U.S. Central Command Sunday night.
U.S. Sailors conduct night flight operations aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship sails in regional waters supporting operations in the Middle East. pic.twitter.com/C7Iqpe0acn
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) August 30, 2026
“U.S. forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz. In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce.”
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