Trump reportedly issues menacing new threat after Iran targets U.S. forces in thwarted missile attack

The fighting shattered a brief period of calm after weeks of escalation between the U.S. and Iran over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump vowed to “beat the f---ing s--- out of” Iran after Tehran launched an attack on American forces in the Middle East, Fox News reported Wednesday.

“They’re going to get a beating,” Trump said, according to Fox’s chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst.

The comments followed what Washington described as a “surprise attack,” which prompted Saudi Arabia and the United States to retaliate against a Tehran-backed militia in Iraq and shatter a period of relative calm raising the risk of a further escalation of the conflict.

Iran had suspended its attacks amid a renewed push to reach a deal with the U.S., but warned earlier this week that it would not allow Washington to dictate the “timing of war and peace,” while maintaining that the Strait of Hormuz was “closed.”

The sudden return of hostilities shattered the relative calm that had descended on Iran for several days after the U.S. paused daily strikes on the Islamic Republic in order to make room for peace