Donald Trump makes chilling threat to Iran over ‘killing’ US soldiers | World | News
Donald Trump has chillingly warned Iran that every time the country kills a US soldier during the current war, “they will pay for that killing many times over!”. An American service member was killed in northern Iraq while carrying out the controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone. In a separate incident, an Iranian attack on a U.S. military position in Jordan resulted in the deaths of two American troops, while another service member remains missing in action.
The US President wrote a post on Truth Social: “Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over! This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
On Tuesday, President Trump is set to attend the dignified transfer of the service members killed over the weekend, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. The transfer will take place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
“President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of our fallen heroes tomorrow evening at Dover Air Force Base,” Leavitt said in a post on X. “The President and the entire White House are praying for their families.”
The United States is increasing its deployment of fighter jets in the Middle East as the President Trump weighs potential next steps, according to a US official.
At the same time, there remain signs of a possible diplomatic path forward, with both US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a senior Iranian official indicating that they are still open to negotiations.
Following the US strikes, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported attacks on several cities, including Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini.
Iranian state media also reported that two oil tankers exploded while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed the vessels had been using what it described as an “unsafe and hazardous southern route” through the waterway and said they exploded before being brought to a halt, although US Central Command disputed those assertions.
The IRGC further warned that the Strait of Hormuz would remain unsafe for the transport of oil, gas and petrochemical products as long as U.S. military operations continued, pledging a “punitive” response to the strikes.
