Trump Vows ‘More Powerful’ Strikes on Iran, Eyes Control of Kharg Island

“The United States will be hitting Iran very hard tonight at some point in the not too distant future,” Trump stated directly.

He added that strikes would ramp up: “There will be more bombing tonight. It will be bigger — bigger, more powerful.”

Trump detailed the damage already inflicted on Iranian forces following the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.

“The regime has been decimated,” he said, noting that Iran’s navy, air force, radar systems, air defenses, and much of its offensive capability are “completely GONE.”

He described the precision of recent operations, including how an Iranian drone lodged between the two pilots of the downed Apache but failed to explode, allowing both crew members to be rescued.

Administration officials echoed the president’s assessment of progress.