{"id":2598648,"date":"2026-05-04T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-will-be-blown-off-the-face-of-the-earth-if-they-fire-on-us-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:15:02","slug":"trump-says-iran-will-be-blown-off-the-face-of-the-earth-if-they-fire-on-us-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-will-be-blown-off-the-face-of-the-earth-if-they-fire-on-us-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Iran Will Be &#8216;Blown Off the Face of the Earth&#8217; if They Fire on US Boats in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-iran-will-be-blown-off-the-face-of-the-earth-if-they-fire-on-us-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text describes comments attributed too President Donald trump about Iran in response to efforts called \u201cProject Freedom\u201d to keep commercial shipping moving through the Strait of Hormuz. It claims Trump warned that if Iran attacks American vessels involved in the project, the U.S. would respond forcefully (\u201cblown off the face of the earth\u201d). It also reports that Trump said Iran has become \u201cmore malleable\u201d in negotiations, and that U.S. forces had \u201cshot down\u201d multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/still-zero-boat-migrant-deportations-this-year-as-2021-landings-pass-20000\/\" title=\"Still Zero Boat Migrant Deportations This Year as 2021 Landings Pass 20,000\">small boats<\/a>, with no damage (except mention of a South Korean cargo ship).<\/p>\n<p>The passage further alleges that Iran opened fire on U.S. warships and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-navy-gets-smart-submarine-and-yet-more-ski-boats\/\" title=\"... Navy Gets &#039;Smart&#039; Submarine and Yet More Ski Boats\">commercial vessels<\/a>,with U.S. forces returning fire and destroying some Iranian small boats, based on reporting from CENTCOM sources cited via X posts. It notes that U.S. Navy destroyers and other assets were sent to support \u201cProject Freedom,\u201d and references a CENTCOM press release describing the scale of the operation (including destroyers, drones, aircraft, and personnel).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump reportedly said Monday that Iran will be \u201cblown off the face of the earth\u201d if it attempts to fire on American ships within the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 chief foreign correspondent, Trey Yingst, spoke with Trump for 20 minutes about Project Freedom, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-project-freedom-leads-immediate-us-success-strait-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effort to end Iran\u2019s<\/a> stranglehold over the strait, and said the commander in chief feels Iran is \u201cmuch more malleable\u201d regarding negotiations now.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet posted a video of Yingst discussing Trump\u2019s comments on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">social media site<\/a> X, which read: \u201cBREAKING: President Trump sends a new warning to the Iranian regime if it attacks any U.S. vessel working to implement Project Freedom: \u2018They\u2019ll be blown off the face of the earth.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump tells @TreyYingst that Iran has become \u2018much more malleable\u2019 in talks,\u201d the post continued. \u201c\u2018We have more weapons and ammunition at a much higher grade than we had before.\u2019 Trump on the U.S. blockade: \u2018One of the greatest military maneuvers ever done.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: President Trump sends a new warning to the Iranian regime if it attacks any U.S. vessel working to implement Project Freedom:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll be blown off the face of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreyYingst?\">@TreyYingst<\/a> that Iran has become \u201cmuch more malleable\u201d in talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have more\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLqscDAgag\">pic.twitter.com\/bLqscDAgag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2051353213610471765?\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mary Margaret Olohan, White House correspondent for the Daily Wire, also reported on the situation with an X post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNEW: President Donald Trump says that \u2018Iran has taken some shots at unrelated Nations with respect to the Ship Movement, PROJECT FREEDOM, including a South Korean Cargo Ship. Perhaps it\u2019s time for South Korea to come and join the mission!&#8217;\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added, \u201cWe\u2019ve shot down seven small Boats or, as they like to call them, \u2018fast\u2019 Boats. It\u2019s all they have left. Other than the South Korean Ship, there has been, at this moment, no damage going through the Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president also said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, will hold a news conference Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: President Donald Trump says that \u201cIran has taken some shots at unrelated Nations with respect to the Ship Movement, PROJECT FREEDOM, including a South Korean Cargo Ship. Perhaps it\u2019s time for South Korea to come and join the mission!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve shot down seven small Boats or,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/2051350793266090081?\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post reported Monday that Iran had fired upon U.S. ships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a call with reporters just now, Adm. Brad Cooper of @CENTCOM says Iran has opened fire on U.S. warships and commercial vessels today, but declines to say whether the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is over,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanLamothe\/status\/2051337912885628986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cU.S. forces returned fire and destroyed some Iranian small boats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers were sent to the Arabian Gulf after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in support of Project Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican forces are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >actively assisting efforts<\/a> to restore transit for commercial shipping,\u201d U.S. Central Command declared.<\/p>\n<p>A Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centcom.mil\/MEDIA\/PRESS-RELEASES\/Press-Release-View\/Article\/4476318\/us-military-supports-launch-of-project-freedom-in-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from U.S. CENTCOM said that destroyers, drones, over 100 aircraft, and 15,000 service members will be supporting the mission.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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