“We’ll Bomb the S— Out of Them Tomorrow”: Trump Says Iranian Officials Called Him Begging US to Stop Strikes as 49 Tomahawks Hit Near Tehran

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a stunning revelation that lays bare the high-stakes backchannel between two arch-enemies, President Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that top Iranian officials have directly called him—pleading for the United States to halt its bombing campaign. The admission, reported by chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, comes as the Pentagon unleashed a ferocious wave of strikes involving 49 Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets targeting radar and air defense systems roughly 40 miles outside Tehran and along Iran’s southwestern Persian Gulf coast. The president described the attacks as “vicious” and “violent,” but warned that this is only the opening act. “We’ll bomb the S— out of them tomorrow,” Trump threatened, unless Tehran agrees to sign an agreement ending the crisis. The unprecedented direct contacts between Iranian officials and the American president suggest a regime under extreme duress, even as its leadership publicly vows retaliation.

But while the phones ring in the White House, the skies over the region remain a live-fire nightmare. The U.S. Embassy in Jordan issued an urgent alert late Wednesday warning that missiles, drones, or rockets were in Jordanian airspace, ordering all Americans to “seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately.” The Associated Press reported that Iran had launched strikes toward Jordan, hours after the U.S. military said it had hit Iranian surveillance, communications, and air defense sites across the country. With Trump threatening rapid escalation if Tehran refuses to negotiate, and Iranian officials apparently dialing Washington even as their own air defense systems lie in rubble, the world is witnessing a bizarre and terrifying dance: destruction on one line, diplomacy on the other. The only question is which call will be answered first.