President Donald Trump declared Iran “will now have to pay the price” days after a U.S. helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz Monday.
“The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Wednesday morning.
“Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore – They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action,” the president wrote. “The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!! They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!”
On Tuesday, the U.S. conducted retaliatory strikes after Apache helicopter was downed by a drone strike on Monday.
Two pilots were aboard the aircraft and were subsequently rescued.
Trump retuned to Truth Social, writing.
“The Fake News Media refuses to report how EFFECTIVE the U.S. Naval BLOCKADE is, the most successful Blockade in the history of Naval Warfare. NOTHING GETS THROUGH unless we want it to. IT IS A STEEL WALL! Iran is doing ZERO business, not paying their military, or any of their bills, and quickly becoming a FAILED NATION! Lots of oil is getting out. Praise be to Allah!” he wrote.