The U.S. will "probably" hit Iran again on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump warned, after U.S. strikes against Tehran following attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
"We hit them very hard last night, very, very. Probably hit them hard again tonight. I'll give him a little warning. We're going to hit him hard tonight," Trump said at a meeting with Ukrianian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara.
Trump reiterated that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons.
Earlier, Trump said the memorandum of understanding signed last month with Iran to end the conflict was “over.”
"It's a very interesting question to me. I think it's over," Trump said when asked whether the framework deal was dead.
'We may take over Kharg Island'
Trump also said the U.S. on Tuesday night had attacked Iran's Kharg Island.
"We knocked out a piece. I said: 'Don't touch the oil, because maybe we'll take over Kharg Island. We may take over Kharg Island'," he said.
Trump again warned Iran of a possible “big attack.”
The U.S. knocked out about 28 Iranian boats last night, he said.
Asked if the U.S. is going to try to take out more tonight, Trump said: “Normally I wouldn't tell you, I wouldn't tell you, but you know what, there's not a thing they can do about it. So, the answer is probably.”
He also said he was reimposing the naval blockade on Iran.
Zelensky, Putin want settlement
Trump said it was a "great honor" to meet Zelensky. "He wants to see a settlement, and I think (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin wants to see a settlement," he said.
The U.S. president also said Putin wants to end the war.
"He wants to end it soon. And I asked him, and we talked. I talked to him a lot. I talked to him a little bit less, but the relationship is very good. But I talked to President Putin a lot. He wants to end the war," he added.
Trump further noted that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot missiles.
He also praised this week's NATO summit hosted by Türkiye, saying: "We just had our NATO meeting, and it was a great meeting."
