Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States is conducting a large-scale and powerful strike against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz. He stated that the strike was in retaliation for Iran's previous attempts to lay mines in the strait (all of which have now been cleared or detonated), and for launching eight missiles at a US military base in Jordan (all successfully intercepted). Trump warned that if Iran retaliates against this "completely justified attack," it will face even more severe and higher-level strikes, threatening that it could ultimately lead to "very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran."