Iran war: Trump calls second set of US strikes 'retribution'
07/09/2026 July 9, 2026 Trump: Strikes are 'retribution' for Iranian retaliation US President Donald Trump has said the fresh wave of strikes on Iran on
07/09/2026 July 9, 2026 Trump: Strikes are 'retribution' for Iranian retaliation US President Donald Trump has said the fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Wednesday night is "retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran" in the Strait of Hormuz.
Amid a series of short, uncommented videos in the last 30 minutes, presumably showing the latest missile strikes on Iran, Trump wrote in a social media post, "If it happens again, it will get much worse!" Iran targeted three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in attacks which appear to have prompted Trump to declare the fragile ceasefire over and resume strikes on Iran.
Earlier on Wednesday, Trump made a series of seemingly contradictory remarks on the scope of the war. He said the back-and-forth fighting would not lead to
"long-term" military action and that "nything that happens is going to happen very fast." However, he also suggested the US military might "just finish the job."
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