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The US will strike Iranian bridges and power plants in retaliation for every time Iran fires on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump threatened in a Wednesday Truth Social post.
"The US will bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant, including those located next to, or in, the capital city of Tehran," Trump said.
This will happen "from this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz," he stated.
This will be regardless of whether Iran fired a "missile, rocket, drone, or any other device or weapon," the president said.
Trump's comments came while en route to Dover Air Force Base, Maryland, to receive the four US soldiers who were killed by Iran while posted to Jordan.
"We cannot, we must not, allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. They will not have nuclear weapons," Trump said before departing for Dover AFB.
"We’re going to pay our respects to them, and that’s one of the hardest things for me to do. As a person who serves as president, it’s one of the hardest things, but it has to be done," he said of the responsibility to receive the soldiers' remains.
A reporter at the scene asked Trump how the soldiers were killed, querying about a report that Iran targeted the soldiers' quarters on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.
"I don’t know. But they’re going to pay a very heavy price. They’re being hit hard. They’re being destroyed," Trump responded.
Rubio: There are consequences for not keeping commitments
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented on recent strikes on Iran, saying that "the US remains open and willing to engage in positive, constructive negotiations and talks so long as the commitments that are made are kept."
However, "when those commitments are not kept, which is what's happened in this particular case, then there will be consequences," he stated.
Miller: Trump is only president with courage, foresight to take on Iran challenge
Additionally, Homeland Security Advisor and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller said that "Trump is the only American president who has had the courage, and the foresight, and the willingness to take this threat head on" during a Tuesday interview on Fox News.
"The results have been very clear: the regime has been eviscerated militarily, financially, politically—in every possible way," Miller added.
"That offramp's there, any time they want it, to make a deal and to honor and abide by that deal. But if they think they can cross America and get away with it, they and everyone watching around the world, has learned a very clear lesson about America and President Trump," he added.
