{"id":2630625,"date":"2026-07-16T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-open-to-wiping-out-irans-revolutionary-guard-like-isis\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:55:30","slug":"trump-open-to-wiping-out-irans-revolutionary-guard-like-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-open-to-wiping-out-irans-revolutionary-guard-like-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump open to wiping out Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard like ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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-open-to-wiping-out-irans-revolutionary-guard-like-isis%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=2630625&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 has indicated he is willing to order the U.S.military to eliminate Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard, signaling a potential escalation amid ongoing tensions. During a Fox Business interview, he was asked if he might \u201cwipe out the Guard like you did ISIS,\u201d to which he responded, \u201cWe will see what\u2019s happening\u201d adn mentioned that Iran wants to meet, though he noted such actions should have been taken by previous presidents over many years. Trump has long criticized lengthy conflicts in the Middle East, but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent military actions include increased strikes<\/a> and a resumed naval blockade of Iranian ports, notably in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iran\u2019s infrastructure and economic interests. While contemplating further aggressive measures such as seizing strategic islands, these operations carry significant risks. The U.S. has also rejected Iran\u2019s proposals to charge tolls for passing through the Strait,asserting such demands violate international law. the U.S. is escalating its military presence and actions against Iran amid ongoing tensions.  <\/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\">Donald Trump<\/a> affirmed on Wednesday that he is open to ordering the military to wipe out <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran\u2019s<\/a> Revolutionary Guard, a notable admission as the United States restarts its most consistent bombing campaign of Iran since the ceasefire was announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was asked whether he \u201cmight wipe out the [the Guard] like you did ISIS,\u201d during an interview on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-business\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2397\">Fox Business<\/a>.<\/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\/policy\/defense\/4650799\/us-disables-oil-tanker-kharg-island-blockade\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US disables oil tanker sailing to Kharg Island in first since blockade renewed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4650426\/pennsylvania-defense-summit-trump-contracts-jobs\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pennsylvania defense summit leads to nearly $10 billion in defense contracts that will create thousands of jobs<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4650079\/pete-hegseth-testosterone-initiative-what-to-know\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hegseth\u2019s \u2018High-T\u2019 testosterone initiative: What to know<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will see what\u2019s happening,\u201d he added. \u201cWe received a call just as I was coming here that they want to meet. They always want to meet. But, you know, this should have been done by other presidents for many years. For 47 years, but really a lot longer than that.\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\">Trump has spent much of his political career railing against the \u201cforever wars\u201d in Iraq and Afghanistan, and while current officials maintain those conflicts were unlike the current one, it\u2019s hard to see the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"266\">U.S. military<\/a> topple the Guard with only an air campaign, as has been the case so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He could authorize a mission to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4645709\/trump-us-iran-restart-blockade-strait-hormuz\/\">conquer<\/a> Kharg Island or other islands off Iran\u2019s coast that have key oil infrastructure, which could give the U.S. newfound leverage, though the operation would entail significant risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces have carried out several rounds of strikes over the last week or so, which represents an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-blanket-budget-slash-to-22-spending-levels-could-defund-bidens-green-energy-push\/\" title=\"IN DEPTH: Blanket Budget Slash to \u201922 Spending Levels Could Defund Biden\u2019s Green Energy Push\">increased tempo<\/a> since Trump announced the ceasefire on April 7. There were several individual tit-for-tat strikes that usually began when Iran would attack a ship in 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>, and the U.S. would target the area from which the strikes originated between then and the signing of the memorandum of understanding last month.<\/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\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4647896\/pennsylvania-defense-summit-future-warfighting-mccormick\/\">DAVE MCCORMICK PLAYS MATCHMAKER FOR HUNDREDS OF DEFENSE COMPANIES LOOKING TO GAIN WARFIGHTING EDGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\">U.S. Navy<\/a> also restarted its military blockade of Iranian ports this week, a tactic the U.S. had used during the ceasefire to apply economic pressure on Iran to get it to stop threatening to attack and attacking commercial vessels transiting the crucial waterway off its coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u00a0also invoked but quickly abandoned plans to charge fees for American policing of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran wants to charge ships to transit the strait as well, which U.S. officials have said is unacceptable and violates international maritime law.<\/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<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump open to targeting Iran&#8217;s Guard, echoes ISIS tactics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2630626,"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\/Trump-PA.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3823,32726,82804,3634],"class_list":["post-2630625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-revolutionary-guard","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Trump-PA.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630625","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\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630629,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630625\/revisions\/2630629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}