US President Donald Trump promised that Iran would be “wiped off the face of the Earth” if the Iranians attacked US ships participating in Project Freedom, a US initiative to escort commercial ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said this in an interview with Fox News correspondent Trey Ingest. I mentioned Ingst himself.
“I spoke with President Trump for 20 minutes about the situation in Iran,” Yingst reported on Fox News. “He talked about Project Freedom and American efforts to escort commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. He issued a new warning to Iran, saying that if the Iranians try to attack American ships in the region, they will be wiped off the face of the Earth.”
When asked how negotiations to end the war were going, Trump responded that the Iranians had become “much more flexible.”
Trump announced the launch of Project Freedom on the evening of May 3. On May 4, Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, announced, maleThe US military shot down missiles and drones launched by Iran at US warships and commercial ships that were escorting them through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump He addedThe Americans also sank several Iranian boats.
Since the beginning of the war between the United States, Israel and Iran, Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Tehran with devastating consequences. So, in early April, he threatened the Iranians with “hell” and “the death of civilization” if they did not open the Strait of Hormuz. Shortly thereafter, on April 8, the United States concluded a truce with Iran.
CNN and Fox News Note that the Freedom Project threatens the truce, which turned out to be already fragile and did not lead to the opening of the Strait. Iran has stated that it considers Project Freedom a violation of the ceasefire and will attack American ships entering the strait.