Trump Threatens To Bomb Iran ‘Very Hard’ If Country Retaliates For Killing Top General

President Trump on Saturday warned that the United States has prepared a list of 52 Iranian sites and is prepared to strike “very fast and very hard” if Tehran retaliates for the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani this week.

“Iran has been nothing but problems for many years,” Trump tweeted after spending a day at his golf club. “Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites… some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”

….hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020

….targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020

Trump claimed that the 52 sites, which he did not specify, were meant to represent the number of Americans held during the Iranian hostage crisis.

Trump described Soleimani, a high-ranking Iranian official and the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, as a “terrorist leader” responsible for the deaths of many Americans.

His tweet Saturday appeared to indicate he was willing to further escalate the conflict should Iran respond.

Trump spent most of Saturday morning and afternoon at his golf club here before returning to his Mar-a-Lago property, where he has been the last two weeks.

Trump is back at his gold club this morning.

According to CNN's tally, he has spent 256 days at a Trump golf club and 337 days at a Trump property as President — and more than one out of every five days in 2019.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 4, 2020