Donald Trump says “bomb Iran a little bit more” in a joke about U.S. airstrikes against Iran

At a Friday night South Carolina campaign rally for Sen. Darline Graham, President Trump again addressed the U.S. campaign against Iran, joking about launching more airstrikes after discussing inflation and gas prices. He said the operation stopped Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, claimed Tehran badly wants an agreement, and reiterated that the U.S. now controls the Strait of Hormuz. His comments came as Iranian officials dismissed a new sanctions push that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to announce Monday; an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman called the economic pressure a return to colonialism. Separately, an unidentified Iranian cleric claimed, without independent confirmation, that the late supreme leader’s compound was hit by 110 bombs and missiles.