Trump Says Iran Will Pay ‘Severe Price’ After Missile Attack on US Base in Jordan
Summary
- President Donald Trump said the US would respond forcefully to Iran’s ballistic missile attack targeting a US military base in Jordan.
- In the interview, Trump said, “We will hit them hard,” referring to Iran, and added that the country would pay a severe price.
- He also said US and Saudi airstrikes on pro-Iran Shiite militias in Iraq were carried out in coordination with the Iraqi government, and described the militias as “a cancer on the world” while saying he was considering additional warnings.
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President Donald Trump said the US would respond forcefully to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on a US military base in Jordan.
In an interview with Fox News on July 29, Trump said, “We will hit them hard,” referring to Iran. He added that Iran would “pay a severe price.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, said on July 28 that it had attacked the US base in Jordan with ballistic missiles. The group said threats from US officials and what it called illegal interference in Iran’s national interests must stop. It said its resistance would continue as long as those threats persist.
Trump said he personally watched footage showing US forces reporting coordinates in real time during the interception.
He also said US and Saudi airstrikes on pro-Iran Shiite militias in Iraq were carried out in coordination with the Iraqi government. Trump described the militias as “a cancer on the world” and said he was considering additional warnings.
JOON HYOUNG LEE
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