President Donald Trump issued a forceful and profanity-laced threat against Iran on Wednesday, vowing a strong retaliatory response after the Islamic regime launched a surprise ballistic missile strike on U.S. forces in Jordan overnight.
"We're going to beat the f------ s--- out of them," Trump told Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst. "We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating."
The president stated that U.S. forces in Jordan had limited time to respond to the incoming Iranian ballistic missiles, recounting that he reviewed video of personnel calling out coordinates in real time during the interceptions. U.S. Central Command confirmed that all Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted.
According to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles targeting the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and the headquarters of the U.S. military’s Central Command in Jordan. Jordan’s military reported intercepting and destroying five Iranian missiles, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
In a related development, the U.S. military announced that American and Saudi fighter aircraft had struck multiple Iran-backed Shiite logistics and weapons sites in eastern Iraq. This action was stated as a response to alleged drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Defense Ministry issued a warning that it "does not seek escalation but will respond to any aggression."
Trump asserted that the overnight strikes against Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq were coordinated with the Iraqi government. He characterized the militias as a "cancer on the world" and indicated that further warnings to Iranian proxies were under consideration.
Despite the heightened tensions, Trump stated that talks with Iran would continue. "We're going to let them keep talking,"