🏠 Home Opinion Pieces
🏠

Trump: may have to hit Iran harder - or maybe not

Al Monitor 2026/05/20 23:46

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States may have to attack Iran even harder but will wait and see if a deal is reached, reprising the "either/or" rhetoric he has used since announcing a ceasefire six weeks ago.

"We'll see what happens," Trump said during a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. "We hit them very hard. We may have to hit them even harder - but maybe not."

"We will not let Iran have a nuclear weapon. It's very simple," Trump told the cadets.

Read full story at source (Al Monitor)