President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that “the entire country” of Iran “can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,” one of his most explicit escalations yet ahead of a Tuesday 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The remark came during a White House press conference that began as a celebration of a dramatic combat rescue of two downed F-15E airmen over Easter weekend and ended with Trump saying that the U.S. is going to be the one charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.
