Trump Vows To Hit Iran Hard, Says Russia Helping Tehran 'A Little Bit'

Last Updated:March 13, 2026, 21:13 IST

Trump said the US would be hitting Iranian targets hard in the coming days and the war would end when "I feel it in my bones."

US President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States is “totally destroying" Iran and declared that American forces would be carrying out intense strikes against Iranian targets in the coming days.

“We’re going to be hitting them very hard over the next week," Trump told Fox News Radio. However, the US president acknowledged that overthrowing the regime would be difficult.

“I really think that’s a big hurdle to climb for people that don’t have weapons. I think it’s a very big hurdle… It’ll happen, but… maybe not immediately," he said in the interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.

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Trump also kept the option of escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz open, adding that there was no operation in place to deploy troops on ground to seize Iran’s enriched uranium.

Russia Helping Iran ‘A Bit’

During the interview, Trump said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin may be helping Iran a “little bit" after reports surfaced that Moscow was sharing advanced drone tactics with the Iranian regime to help them attack targets in the Gulf.

“I think he might be helping him (Iran) a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine, right?" Trump said.

“Yeah, we’re helping them also, and so he says that, and China would say the same thing, you know," Trump added. “It’s like, hey, they do it and we do it, in all fairness. They do it. And we do it."

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country would assist the US in response to its request for help in dealing ​with Iranian drones in the region. However, Trump said the United States does not need help with drone defence.

‘Feel It In My Bones’

Trump said the war would end when “I feel it in my bones" and assured that the American economy would soon return to what it was before he launched strikes on Iran. “This will bounce right back when it’s over, and I don’t think it’s going to be long," he said.

He also dodged a question about taking Kharg Island, a small island in the Gulf through which all of Iran’s oil exports pass. “I can’t answer a question like that," Trump said, calling it a “foolish" question.

Earlier, the US president said it was an “honour" to kill the Iranian top leadership, calling them “deranged scumbags" who killed innocent people across the world for 47 years. He reiterated that Iran’s Navy is gone, its Air Force is no longer there, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated by the US military.

“We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time. Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!" he said on Truth Social post.

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