Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to escalate attacks on Iran's infrastructure if the regime continues to fire at ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. With this warning, the president makes it clear that he is willing to take the war to another level.
"From this moment on, every time the Islamic Republic of Iran fires at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether with a missile, a rocket, a drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy A BRIDGE OR ENERGY PLANT, including those next to or within Tehran, the capital," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The president seeks to corner Tehran to force it to come to the negotiating table, end the war, and halt its nuclear program. The White House remains open to diplomacy, but, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized a few hours ago, the Iranians must prove they have good intentions to negotiate.
Rubio is on a diplomatic tour of Asia
Trump attends the repatriation ceremony for the fallen
Meanwhile, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) continues to bomb Iranian positions and reported in recent hours that it has completed the eleventh night of bombings. The goal of these attacks is to nullify the Islamic regime's capabilities to undermine freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
So far, 18 American soldiers have lost their lives since the war began in February of this year. Today, Trump attended the repatriation ceremony for the remains of the four fallen servicemen since hostilities resumed between the parties and the truce was suspended.
Among the victims are First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, and Soldier Isabella Gonzales, 19, who died in an Iranian attack on a military base in Jordan. The Pentagon recently confirmed that Sergeant Angel S. Rampersad, 28, also died in that same incident. The fourth casualty is Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, who died while safely detonating a downed Iranian drone in Iraq.
The repatriation ceremony for the fallen took place this morning in Delaware
