{"id":2613005,"date":"2026-06-10T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-the-us-will-be-attacking-iran-very-hard\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:26:11","slug":"trump-says-the-us-will-be-attacking-iran-very-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-the-us-will-be-attacking-iran-very-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says the US will be attacking Iran &#8216;very hard&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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-the-us-will-be-attacking-iran-very-hard%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=2613005&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>Donald Trump said the U.S. will continue striking Iran \u201cvery hard\u201d after a U.S. Apache helicopter was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz, without detailing whether that would target Iranian bridges, power plants, or other key infrastructure. Earlier, he warned Iran would \u201cpay the price\u201d for delaying negotiations to end the roughly three-and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-should-the-west-seek-an-off-ramp-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro: Should the West Seek an Off...Ramp in Ukraine?\">-a-half-month war<\/a>, which he linked to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear nonproliferation terms.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes Iran shot down the helicopter on Monday during a patrol,though a U.S.official previously said it may have collided with an Iranian drone. It also says two pilots were rescued safely using an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >autonomous underwater drone<\/a>.Afterward, U.S. Central Command carried out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-pounds-beirut-suburb-with-strikes-in-offensive-against-hezbollah-infrastructure\/\" title=\"Israel pounds Beirut suburb with ... in offensive against Hezbollah infrastructure\">initial retaliatory strikes<\/a> on Iranian air defenses, ground control, and radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran responded with attacks targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> previewed more U.S. strikes against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> after a U.S. Apache \u200chelicopter was downed over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. He declined to specify whether that would include U.S. strikes against Iranian bridges, power plants, or other forms of critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602536\/trump-bill-pulte-execute-immediate-needed-downsizing-odni\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump primes Pulte to \u2018execute the immediate and needed downsizing\u2019 of ODNI<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602534\/trump-endorses-short-term-fisa-extension-next-dni-confirmed\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump endorses short-term FISA extension until next DNI is confirmed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602200\/watch-live-trump-ice-cbp-funding-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump signs ICE and CBP funding bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hit them hard yesterday, and we\u2019re going to hit them hard again today, in case you miss it, in case you don\u2019t turn on your television set,\u201d he said in the Oval Office. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens with a deal. We were really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along, they keep playing us for suckers because, you know what, they dealt with some very stupid presidents. I have to say that, I\u2019m embarrassed to say that, some very stupid people were sitting here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the morning, Trump warned Iran would \u201cpay the price\u201d for taking \u201ctoo long to negotiate a deal\u201d to end the three-and-a-half-month war, including the reopening of the \u2060Strait of Hormuz and nuclear non-proliferation provisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4600790\/trump-vows-us-response-iran-shot-down-apache-helicopter\/\">shot down a U.S. Army\u00a0helicopter<\/a> on Monday as it patrolled the Strait of Hormuz, though a U.S. official had earlier said it collided with an Iranian drone, which caused it to crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602076\/trump-iran-pay-the-price-too-long-to-negotiate\/\">TRUMP SAYS IRAN WILL \u2018PAY THE PRICE\u2019 AFTER TAKING TOO LONG TO NEGOTIATE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two pilots were rescued safely shortly after the helicopter went down by an autonomous underwater drone in a first-of-its-kind mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Central Command announced the first round of U.S. retaliatory strikes against Iranian air defense systems, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, which Iran responded to with its own attacks against Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump vows hard new strikes on Iran after Apache downing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2613006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26161581380928_cfc569.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3823,3634,32405],"class_list":["post-2613005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iran","tag-trump","tag-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26161581380928_cfc569.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613010,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613005\/revisions\/2613010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}