Overview
- President Trump told Fox correspondent Trey Yingst that the United States would “bomb the sh*t out of them” if Iranian leaders refuse to sign a good-faith deal and described a recent strike of 49 Tomahawk missiles as “violent and vicious.”
- Trey Yingst said he spoke with the president from the White House Situation Room and recounted the comments on Fox & Friends, making Yingst’s Situation Room account the primary source for the specifics reported so far.
- Yingst reported that senior Iranian officials called the president directly to ask him to stop the bombing and that additional strikes were being signaled if Iran does not agree to the deal.
- The president was reportedly in the Situation Room while the call occurred and was alongside Vice President J.D. Vance and special envoys Jared Kushner and Witkoff as the strikes were ordered and monitored.
- The language echoes a leaked 2024 audio in which Trump described similar threats toward Vladimir Putin and raises the risk of broader regional escalation and diplomatic fallout if threats become the main negotiation tool.