Trump says the US watched Iran build an anti-aircraft site for two months and will hit it 'very nicely' before the midterms
Donald Trump, pictured with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, whose notably different tones on Iran — Vance voicing optimism over a diplomatic deal — emerged as polls opened on the midterms.Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iranian state media reported overnight explosions confirming the US strikes, just hours before midterm polls opened.
The US is set to strike Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired surface-to-air missiles at an American aircraft, officials confirmed. Washington has deliberately kept the operation quiet, not wanting to suggest a return to major combat operations, even as a third US carrier strike group heads to the Gulf. Trump told Fox News he had watched the new anti-aircraft facility being built over two months and will destroy it, calling it "just a minor attack."
The $47 billion war has become a political liability for Republicans on the eve of Tuesday's midterms, with soaring gas prices angering voters.
Trump insisted Iran wants a deal "very badly," saying the US had sunk 159 of its ships and destroyed all 288 of its aircraft, leaving Tehran's economy "cratering."
A senior Iranian official said the two sides remain far apart, even as negotiators gathered in Doha on Sunday for a third consecutive day of discussions with Qatari mediators.
