As we reported, President Donald Trump notified Congress that U.S. military action is restarting against Iran after Iran ramped up its attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
Trump has declared the Strait under U.S. control and resumed the naval blockade that had been in place previously to block ships from entering and leaving Iranian ports.
U.S. Central Command announced it had launched more strikes as of 6 AM ET Wednesday, "designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."
At 6 a.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching a wave of strikes against Iran. The strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 15, 2026
Trump did an interview with Fox's Trey Yingst on Tuesday to further explain the action. He made it very clear that he was going to be dealing with them from a place of military strength.
.@POTUS on the Iranian regime: "The only way you can negotiate with these people through strength, and the only strength is military strength — and that's what we've done." pic.twitter.com/74iRpPhEKK
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 14, 2026
“The only way you can negotiate with these people is through strength, and the only strength is military strength, and that’s what we’ve done,” Trump told Yingst.
Trump said it won't stop "until I say it's enough."
"Will these strikes continue?"@POTUS: "They'll continue until I say it's enough." pic.twitter.com/YW8LcPaUIu
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 14, 2026
Yingst asked if they would be hitting Kharg Island, the oil installation that is critically important to Iran. Trump replied that he obviously couldn't comment on that.
.@POTUS: "We already hit Kharg Island as you know twice... as far as taking it is concerned, if we degrade them far enough and deep enough back, I would do that." pic.twitter.com/5BLbtkYXnz
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 14, 2026
Trump confirmed again that they had cameras trained on Pickaxe Mountain, where Iran reportedly has their nuclear material. He explained how the U.S. would know if Iran tried to make any moves there because they have Space Force cameras so good they can read your name badge, "probably Mohammed."
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump confirms US Space Force have cameras that can read Mohammed's name tag in Iran if he tries accessing nuclear sites — all the way from SPACE
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 14, 2026
"We have Space Force cameras, they can read the badge, your name probably Mohammed! They can read your… pic.twitter.com/Rq8e0NLzEE
Then the U.S. would "do what we have to do."
.@POTUS on Iran: "We're going to hit them very hard tonight. We're going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We're going to hit them very hard the night after... We're going to knock out all their power plants, we're going to knock out all their bridges, unless they get to the… pic.twitter.com/kPhMQKHqe9
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 14, 2026
“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight. We’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week, it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges.”
The Iranian regime is fully in the "find out" period right now.