As reported by Fox News journalist Trey Yingst, who spoke with Trump by phone, the US president threatened to “wipe the Iranians off the face of the earth” if they attacked American ships. Trump assured that the US had replenished its stocks of some types of ammunition.
“We have more weapons and much higher quality ammunition than before,” Trump said. — We have the best equipment. We have it all over the world. We have bases all over the world. All are equipped with equipment. We can use it and we will if necessary, he declared.
At the same time, he assessed that, in his opinion, Iran had become “much more susceptible to influence” in peace negotiations.
Donald Trump appeals to South Korea
Previously, the commander of US forces in the Middle East, Adm. Brad Cooper reported that on Monday, Iranian forces carried out several attacks using cruise missiles, drones and attack boats on US ships and merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz. As a result, the US was to sink six of these boats. Cooper declined to assess the effects of the Iranian attacks or to answer whether the exchange of fire constituted a violation or end of the ongoing truce.
Trump, in turn, referred to the attack on a South Korean cargo ship, encouraging the authorities in Seoul to “join the mission.”
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“Maybe it's time for South Korea to join the mission! We have destroyed seven small boats, or 'fast' boats as they call them. That's all they have left. Apart from the South Korean ship, no damage has been reported while crossing the strait so far,” the president wrote in a message on Truth Social.
