{"id":2105,"date":"2026-07-31T17:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:29:28","slug":"5-iran-fired-ballistic-missiles-at-american-forces-trumps-response-was-lit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=2105","title":{"rendered":"5.Iran Fired Ballistic Missiles at American Forces \u2014 Trump\u2019s Response Was Lit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThey\u2019re going to get a beating.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s what the President of the United States told Fox News Wednesday morning after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a surprise ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan Tuesday evening. Well, a\u00a0version\u00a0of that, actually.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Every missile was intercepted. Then U.S. and Saudi aircraft struck Iranian proxy infrastructure across eastern Iraq. And now Trump has promised Iran is about to experience something considerably more severe than what it\u2019s received so far.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re going to beat the living daylights out of them,\u201d he told Fox News. He was even more direct in the clip that circulated: \u201cWe\u2019re going to beat the f\u2014\u2014 s\u2014 out of them.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is not empty rhetoric. This administration has demonstrated \u2014 repeatedly, with documented results \u2014 that it means exactly what it says about Iran. Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed their nuclear program. Operation Epic Fury decimated their military and political leadership. Three weeks of daily strikes have followed their ceasefire violations. Bridges and power plants have been explicitly threatened. And now, after a direct ballistic missile attack on American personnel in Jordan, Trump has announced what\u2019s coming next in language that leaves absolutely no room for misinterpretation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear about what Iran attempted Tuesday. Not a drone attack through a proxy. Not an indirect harassment of commercial shipping. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles from Iranian soil, targeting American military forces directly. They got everything intercepted and a joint U.S.-Saudi strike on their logistics network in Iraq in return. And their response to that outcome was to continue talks about a potential ceasefire.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The ceasefire conversation is the tell. Iran wants relief from the military and economic pressure the Trump administration has applied. They want a deal. But they keep firing between negotiating sessions \u2014 testing whether they can extract concessions while simultaneously continuing to attack American forces and American allies. Every previous American administration gave them that option. The Iran deal. The nuclear negotiations. The endless diplomatic engagement that produced nothing while Iran\u2019s centrifuges kept spinning and their proxies kept killing Americans.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s answer to that model has been consistent since January: no, and here\u2019s what happens if you keep trying it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday night, Iran tried it again. They fired ballistic missiles at American forces in Jordan. Every missile was shot down. Their proxy infrastructure in Iraq got destroyed in the same evening. And Wednesday morning, the President of the United States went on Fox News and told them personally what\u2019s coming.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thirty years of American presidents talked tough about Iran and then negotiated. Trump talks tough about Iran and then bombs them. The IRGC has now received enough evidence to understand the difference.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

They\u2019re going to get a beating. He said so.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

They should believe him. The track record says they should.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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