Trump threatens Iran with 'death, fire and fury' if they stop the flow of oil in the Strait of Hormuz

The president made the threats on his social media platform, Truth Social, after addressing Republican colleagues in Florida.

He wrote: "If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.

"Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen!"

He added: "This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated."

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Speaking after he addressed Republican colleagues in Florida, the President had lauded the US's war effort in Iran.

He said that "we've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough. We go forward, more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long-running danger once and for all."

Trump also described the conflict, which began more than ten days ago, as "a little excursion," and claimed that the war would be over "very soon."

He told reporters: "We’re achieving major strides toward completing our military objective."

He added: "We’ve wiped every single force in Iran out, very completely."

He told reporters: "We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil. Then, I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion."

In a characteristically long-winded press conference, Trump also expressed his disappointment that Ali Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, had been named as Iran's new Supreme Leader after his father waas killed in US-Israeli strikes last week.

Trump said: "We're disappointed, it's going to lead more of the same problem for their country. I'm disappointed with their decision."

"I like the idea of internal - and eternal - come to think of it. It works well.

"We've proven that in Venezuela, with the woman, Delcy, she's doing a great job, there's no disruption.

"In Iraq - everyone got fired, the military, the politicians, and they turned into ISIS. We don't want that.

"They talk about the son of the Shah, he hasn't been there in many, many years.

"We have a formula, Venezuela, smart country, we've taken out 100million barrels of oil which is now in Houston which is being taken care of and made so beautiful in refineries."

Trump's latest address came shortly after he confirmed he had spoken to Russia's president Vladimir Putin about the war.

According to Trump, Putin was "very impressed" by what he saw with the Iran war when the pair spoke on Monday.

He said: "I didn't think anyone thought we were going to be this quickly successful. This went very quickly. We talked about this with President Putin, he was very impressed with what he saw.

"The double attack with Israel knocked them. The B-2 bomber... they would have had a nuclear weapon within two to four weeks... the military success we've had is truly unprecedented."