The president also reiterated his threat to resume military operations if the U.S. and Iran do not reach an agreement on its nuclear program.Â
“We have Iran very much under control,” Trump said. “We're either going to make a deal or they're going to be decimated. One way or the other, we win.”
On Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told members of Congress that the U.S. was in control of the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iranian attacks and threats that have upended shipping through the vital waterway.
Here's the latest from Wednesday:
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee during a hearing on the FY2027 budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Buil
7:38 a.m. ET: Without going into specifics about the next steps, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Congress, “We control the strait, because nothing's going in that we don't allow to go in.”
Â
