{"id":5514,"date":"2026-07-14T02:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2026-07-14T02:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:45:43","slug":"trump-declares-us-will-hit-crazy-iran-hard-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5514","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declares US Will Hit &#8216;Crazy&#8217; Iran &#8216;Hard&#8217; This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"o-share-btn-wrap\">\n<div id=\"post-social\">\n<div class=\"o-share-wrap\">\n<p>    <button class=\"o-share-btn o-share-btn-article\">Share<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-share\">\n<div class=\"share-reddit o-share-item is-hidden\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.location = '\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=\" encodeuricomponent=\"\" return=\"\" false=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64, 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\" alt=\"submit to reddit\" border=\"0\" width=\"58\" height=\"20\"\/> <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <button id=\"copy-button\" data-copy-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-reveals-us-will-hit-iran-hard-over-the-next-two-days-not-a-damn-thing-they-can-do-about-it\">Copy\u00a0Link<\/button>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"o-comments-link u-disqus-count c-article__comments-link\" aria-label=\"Comments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-reveals-us-will-hit-iran-hard-over-the-next-two-days-not-a-damn-thing-they-can-do-about-it\/#open-comments\" data-disqus-identifier=\"5742138 https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/?p=5742138\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Donald Trump returned to Hugh\u2019s program today with a focus on Iran\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ts2BWrzBdD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said the U.S. Military will be striking Iran \u201chard\u201d on Monday and Tuesday during a radio interview with conservative pundit <strong>Hugh Hewitt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The president said because Iran violated the fragile ceasefire last weekend by attacking a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the talks of a long-term peace deal have been scrapped. Instead, the U.S. will bomb the enemy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna hit \u2019em very hard tonight, and we\u2019re gonna hit \u2019em hard tomorrow,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd there\u2019s not a damn thing they can do about it. They have nothing \u2014 they have nothing going except they have big mouths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/foxs-hugh-hewitt-praises-supreme-court-for-defying-trump-on-birthright-citizenship-hit-it-out-of-the-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hewitt<\/a> loved hearing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep it up, Mr. President!\u201d the Fox News contributor said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told him Iran is run by theocrats who are \u201cstone cold crazy\u201d \u2014 which he said has made it hard to hammer out a deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a deal yesterday\u2026 these people are crazy,\u201d Trump said a moment earlier. \u201cWe had a deal where we won everything, and they basically break the deal. To them, deals are made to be broken. They are extremely unreliable people, and frankly if they ever had a nuclear weapon they would use it within one day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s interview with Hewitt follows Iran firing\u00a0on a Cyprus-flagged merchant ship on Saturday, which led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-unleashes-more-strikes-on-iran-to-hold-enemy-accountable-for-strait-of-hormuz-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retaliatory strikes<\/a> from the U.S. military. Iran claimed it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, but U.S. Central Command and Trump both said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2076278945993888116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2076278945993888116%7Ctwgr%5E4316da012d24eb52f2ebc47e790482685fb95537%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fpolitics%2Ftrump-unleashes-more-strikes-on-iran-to-hold-enemy-accountable-for-strait-of-hormuz-attacks%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that was nonsense<\/a>\u00a0and that the U.S. was really in charge.<\/p>\n<p>The president reiterated the U.S. was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-dubs-usa-guardian-of-the-hormuz-strait-and-relaunches-blockade-against-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now the \u201cGUARDIAN\u201d of the strait<\/a> on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116913091653271692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Truth Social<\/a> the blockade against Iranian ships is back on, while all other countries are free to enter and exit the strait. He said the second change is the U.S. will now be reimbursed \u201cat the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped\u201d through the strait, which Trump said is a matter of \u201cFAIRNESS\u201d because the United States is the country guarding passage.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share &#13; Copy\u00a0Link&#13; \u00a0 \ufeff President Donald Trump said the U.S. Military will be striking Iran \u201chard\u201d on Monday and Tuesday during a radio interview with conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt. 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