President Donald Trump reportedly said Monday that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attempts to fire on American ships within the Strait of Hormuz.

Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent, Trey Yingst, spoke with Trump for 20 minutes about Project Freedom, aneffort to end Iran’sstranglehold over the strait, and said the commander in chief feels Iran is “much more malleable” regarding negotiations now.

The outlet posted a video of Yingst discussing Trump’s comments on the social media site X, which read: “BREAKING: President Trump sends a new warning to the Iranian regime if it attacks any U.S. vessel working to implement Project Freedom: ‘They’ll be blown off the face of the earth.'”

“Trump tells @TreyYingst that Iran has become ‘much more malleable’ in talks,” the post continued. “‘We have more weapons and ammunition at a much higher grade than we had before.’ Trump on the U.S. blockade: ‘One of the greatest military maneuvers ever done.'”

BREAKING: President Trump sends a new warning to the Iranian regime if it attacks any U.S. vessel working to implement Project Freedom:

“They’ll be blown off the face of the earth.”

Trump tells@TreyYingstthat Iran has become “much more malleable” in talks.

“We have more…pic.twitter.com/bLqscDAgag

— Fox News (@FoxNews)May 4, 2026

Mary Margaret Olohan, White House correspondent for the Daily Wire, also reported on the situation with an X post.

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