Trump threatened to “wipe Iran off the face of the earth” if US convoys in the Strait of Hormuz were attacked.

US President Donald Trump has promised that Iran will be “wiped off the face of the earth” if the Iranians attack American ships participating in Project Freedom, a US initiative to escort merchant ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said this in an interview with Fox News correspondent Trey Ingst, Ingst himself said .

“I spoke with President Trump for 20 minutes about the Iran situation. He spoke about Project Freedom and US efforts to escort merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz. He issued a new warning to Iran, saying that if the Iranians try to attack American ships in the area, they will be, quote, 'wiped off the face of the earth,'" Yingst reported on Fox News.

When asked how negotiations to end the war were progressing, Trump responded that the Iranians had allegedly become “much more accommodating.”

Trump announced the launch of Project Freedom on the evening of May 3. On May 4, Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said the U.S. military had shot down missiles and drones that Iran fired at U.S. warships and merchant ships they were escorting through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump added that the Americans also sank several Iranian boats.

• Since the start of the war between the United States and Israel and Iran, Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Tehran with devastating consequences. So, in early April, he threatened the Iranians with “hell” and“the death of civilization” if they did not open the Strait of Hormuz. Shortly thereafter, on April 8, the United States concluded a truce with Iran.
• CNN and Fox News note that Project Freedom threatens the truce, which already turned out to be fragile and did not lead to an unblockade of the strait. Iran stated that it regards Project Freedom as a violation of the ceasefire and will attack American ships that enter the strait.