President Donald Trump said Thursday that U.S. forces “blew Iran away” after an exchange of fire in the Persian Gulf, accusing Tehran of provoking the clash.
The president was referring to Iran’s attacks on three U.S. Navy destroyers, which prompted an American counterstrike.
“They trifled with us today. We blew them away,” Trump told reporters before shifting to questions about the ceasefire.
“I’ll let you know when there’s no ceasefire. Otherwise, you’d be seeing a big glow coming out of Iran,” Trump said.
Speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Trump also urged Iran to sign the new U.S. proposal.
“The talks are going very well, but they have to understand—if it doesn’t get signed, they’re going to have a lot of pain,” he said.
“It could happen any day—it might not—but I believe they want the deal more than I do,” Trump added.
Yesterday’s Fox News Digital liveblog has additional coverage of the Iran conflict.
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