President Donald Trump eloquently described to Fox News what he intends to do if Iran does not sign a peace deal with the United States: "We will bomb the s**t out of them."
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the White House in 2019.
That threat is quickly becoming a reality. Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst told the hosts of "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning that he spoke on the phone with the president from the White House Situation Room Wednesday night. Trump said the U.S. launched 49 Tomahawk missiles in an attack the president described as "violent and vicious." Yingst added that Trump told him: "Top Iranian officials called him directly, asking him to stop the bombing."
This is the third time this week the United States and Iran have exchanged strikes. The Associated Press reported that the U.S. attack Wednesday night lasted into Thursday morning and was "more intense and wider than the day before." The outlet added that Tehran released little information on the extent of the damage but confirmed the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
Debris in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre following Israeli airstrikes on June 8. Israel and the U.S. launched a joint attack on Iran in February, and Israel has been repeatedly bombing neighboring countries in the Middle East ever since.
"When we step back here, the president is now negotiating with bombs," Yingst said, summarizing the general tone of his conversation with Trump.
"He told me overnight that if they are unwilling to sign an agreement, we will bomb the shit out of them tonight," Yingst added.
Yingst went on to say that "the sense I got speaking" to Trump is that the U.S. "understands who they are dealing with."
"Vice President Vance, who is leading the negotiations, really laid out exactly who the Iranians are," Yingst said. "And he has a firm grasp on the games they are trying to play at the negotiating table."
Yingst said Trump is "fed up" and will not "stand for it" any longer, which is why he launched the strikes to "put new pressure on the Iranian regime."
"We do expect more strikes to continue if the Iranians do not sign on the dotted line," Yingst said.
