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Iran-US war latest: Trump delivers unhinged swear-filled threat to deliver 'beating' to Tehran after attack on US bases

The Independent (UK) · back to the audit

Donald Trump has unleashed an expletive-ridden threat to "beat the f***** s***" out of Iran following its "surprise" missile attack against US bases in the Middle East.

"We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating," the US president told Fox News as he responded furiously to the strikes.

The US military announced on Tuesday night that it intercepted Iran's latest "surprise attack" by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after Trump's meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.

CENTCOM later said the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces aided the US military in a separate military effort Tuesday after "Iran-aligned" terrorists launched more than 30 drone attacks in the last 72 hours.

Saudi Arabia also joined US strikes on Iran-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 20 soldiers as war spread throughout the Middle East.