Former President Donald Trump attends a briefing with state officials and law enforcement at the Weslaco Department of Public Safety DPS Headquarters before touring the US-Mexico border wall on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, Texas. Trump was invited to South Texas by Gov. Greg Abbott, who has taken up Trump's immigration mantle by vowing to continue building the border wall. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
By Ben Finley
The U.S. military says it’s striking targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action.
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U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the strikes “follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.”
On Sunday, the U.S. military said it struck rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan, which were intercepted, while United Arab Emirates said it stopped an Iranian drone over its waters.
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President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that more strikes might be necessary.
Trump asserted that the U.S. and Israeli bombardment has left Iran “a failed nation.” He said that much of its political leadership has been killed, Iran’s economy is staggered by surging inflation and its military devastated.
Still, Trump acknowledged that more strikes might be necessary.
“That doesn’t mean we won’t smack them,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll see what happens.”
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