US President Donald Trump announced that the United States is currently carrying out strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz. Trump indicated that the strikes come in response to Iran's failed attempt to place sea mines in the strait, which no longer contains any mines at all, as well as Iran's launch of eight missiles towards our military base in Jordan, all of which were successfully intercepted. Trump stressed that the United States will attack Iran with greater force if it responds to this justified attack “This attack is still waiting, and when it is over, there will not be much left of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he said.