Trump Says US Will Strike Iran 'Very Hard'

President Trump says the US isn't done hitting Iran. Trump told reporters Wednesday that the military will "be attacking them, attacking them very hard. We hit them hard yesterday, and we're going to hit them again hard today." The AP reports that the US military subsequently confirmed it had fired on an oil tanker trying to transport oil from Iran. Trump's comments came a day after American forces struck Iranian targets in response to a Shahed drone that damaged a US Apache helicopter; Iran answered Tuesday's initial US response with drone and missile launches against American allies in the region.

Trump on Wednesday dinged Iran for "tapping us along, they keep playing us for suckers." Fox News reports Trump told the network he is close to ordering strikes on power plants and bridges, which the Wall Street Journal notes are sites the US has so far left alone under an April 8 ceasefire.