{"id":2626587,"date":"2026-07-08T11:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-attack-kharg-island-and-could-take-it-over\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:08:19","slug":"trump-says-us-attack-kharg-island-and-could-take-it-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-attack-kharg-island-and-could-take-it-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US attack Kharg Island and could take it over"},"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\">22<\/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-us-attack-kharg-island-and-could-take-it-over%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=2626587&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>President Donald Trump announced that the United States attacked Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island overnight as a retaliation for Tehran&#8217;s attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houthis-strike-chinese-ship-in-red-sea-despite-promise-to-beijing\/\" title=\"Houthis attack Chinese vessel in Red Sea despite prior assurances to Beijing\">commercial vessels passing<\/a> through the Strait of Hormuz. He mentioned that the U.S.knocked out a part of the island and hinted at the possibility of capturing it if the ceasefire ends. Trump also stated that the military had targeted oil infrastructure but advised not to damage pipelines.His comments clarified that prior reports of the attack might have been incomplete, and that the U.S. could reimplement naval blockade and other aggressive measures against Iran if necessary. The situation remains uncertain, with tensions escalating and negotiations between Tehran and Washington possibly strained. Trump dismissed the ongoing Iran ceasefire as over, calling Iran &#8220;scum&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delta-ceo-negative-covid-test-requirement-for-domestic-flights-horrible-idea\/\" title=\"Delta CEO: Negative COVID Test Requirement For Domestic Flights \u2018Horrible Idea\u2019\">sick people<\/a>,&#8221; and indicated that military action could deepen if required. The outlook remains tense, with U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >officials suggesting increased military readiness<\/a>.  <\/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>announced that the United States attacked <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>\u2018s Kharg Island overnight in retaliation against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tehran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3008\">Tehran<\/a>\u2018s attacks on commercial vessels transiting 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>. He also threatened that the U.S. could capture Kharg Island after claiming the 60-day ceasefire was over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe attacked Kharg Island last night, knocked out a piece,\u201d Trump said Wednesday during a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"891\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> at the annual <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\">NATO<\/a> summit. \u201cI said, \u2018Don\u2019t touch the oil, because maybe we\u2019ll take over Kharg Island.\u2019<\/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\/4640234\/trump-us-grant-ukraine-license-produce-patriot-missiles\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says US will grant Ukraine license to produce Patriot Missiles<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4640082\/trump-revives-talks-us-acquiring-greenland-nato\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump revives talks of US acquiring Greenland during NATO summit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4638415\/trump-trade-spain-nato-dues\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump claims he wants to end all trade with Spain over NATO dues: \u2018Wasted cause\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s not a thing they can do about it. But I said, \u2018Don\u2019t hit the pipes, just hit everything else,\u2019 and they hit it. They may hit it again tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until Trump\u2019s comments, it was not clear that the U.S. had struck Kharg Island, in addition to the attack on the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s comments came more than 30 minutes into the press conference with Zelensky and hours after an earlier press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during which he declared, \u201cIt\u2019s just a waste of time dealing with\u201d Iranian negotiators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump repeatedly dodged when reporters asked whether the ending of the ceasefire would lead to a U.S. military operation against Iran, but he eventually clarified that a naval blockade and other attacks could be reimplemented.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe may put it back, the blockade, and it\u2019ll only be a blockade for Iran,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnybody else can have whatever they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have desalination plants \u2014 we\u2019ll take them out if we have to,\u201d Trump also said. \u201cThat\u2019s probably the one I would like not to do least.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4640037\/trump-iran-ceasefire-over-scum-sick-people\/\">TRUMP SAYS IRAN CEASEFIRE IS \u2018OVER\u2019: \u2018THEY\u2019RE SCUM. THEY\u2019RE SICK PEOPLE\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">War Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed Trump\u2019s comments by telling reporters that \u201ctonight, if we need to, on your order, Mr. President, we will hit even more and even deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unclear the exact state of negotiations between Tehran and Washington or whether the memorandum of understanding between the two nations is effectively null and void.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: US attacked Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island after ceasefire ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2626588,"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\/07\/AP26189314456154.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[75817,57471,41510,3634,36408],"class_list":["post-2626587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-kharg-island-2","tag-middle-east-tensions","tag-military-escalation","tag-trump","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189314456154.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626587","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626591,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626587\/revisions\/2626591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2626587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2626587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}