The United States launched retaliatory strikes against Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for downing a US Army Apache helicopter patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a rapid chain of escalation that, within hours, spread across the Gulf to Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, and pushed an already fragile ceasefire to the edge.
"I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that's what this one is," Trump told ABC News.
