Trump Declares U.S. Will Strike Iran “VERY HARD” Amid Ongoing Oil Tension
on Jun 11, 2026
In the morning of Thursday, June 11, after days of renewed military action between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that “the United States will be hitting Iran … VERY HARD TONIGHT.”
This is happening as the U.S. has been responding with “self-defense strikes” after Iran shot down an Apache helicopter on Monday, June 8.
It also comes as Trump revealed that the U.S. has managed to remove 100 million barrels of oil from Iran over the past month, and is now pursuing “total control” of the oil in the Islamic State.
The pending seizure of the oil market in Iran will be a significant step in tangible progress in the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, which crossed the 100-day mark earlier this week.
Trump Shares Details Of Secret Plan To Remove Oil From Iran
In the Oval Office on June 10, as Trump signed the Secure America Act — which provided $70 billion in funding to ICE and Border Patrol following a lapse in funding earlier this year — the president took a moment to share a recently disclosed secret.
Asked about rising inflation, Trump replied, “I can say it now, something you didn’t know. Did you know we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil [from Iran]?”
He added, “Nobody knows that. You know who doesn’t know about it? Iran, until right now.”
Continuing, Trump said, “We took out the other night 22 ships, late at night with no lights, ’cause they don’t have any radar ’cause we blasted the crap out of it.”
These clandestine efforts, Trump said, are the reason why oil is presently at $85 per barrel, considerably lower than its all-time high amid the ongoing war of $112 in April.
According to AAA, the national average gas price, on June 11, is $4.1290. One month ago, that average was roughly $0.40 higher, coming in at $4.5200.
Expounding upon this on Truth Social, Trump wrote:
“Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Today, I am pleased to announce that this effort has resulted in more than 100 MILLION Barrels of Oil making its way through the Strait, and into the Open Market.”
Altogether, Trump says over 200 commercial ships have crossed through the Strait, and he went on to attribute this to the United States’ authority over the contested Strait of Hormuz.
See the full post, here:
Watch Trump speak on this secretive military effort in the Oval Office, which he admitted he “wanted to say it so badly,” here:
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Military Action To Intensify “Tonight” As Operation Epic Fury Continues
In Trump’s June 11 post on Truth Social — in which he promised that “the United States will be hitting Iran … VERY HARD TONIGHT” — he also stated his intent of taking Kharg Island.
“At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points,” he wrote in the social media announcement.
Kharg Island is the primary oil export terminal in Iran, Brittanica notes. Seizure of the island would lead to control of most of the oil coming from Iran.
See the full statement from Trump about the upcoming June 11 bombings in Iran, here:
On June 10, video of airstrikes conducted by the United States was shared online, purportedly showing the IRGC command center being struck in the bombing.
See the dramatic video, here:
🎯 An IRGC command and control center was reportedly struck by US strikes tonight. pic.twitter.com/b04ZKXjiFj
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) June 11, 2026
This strike, and others over the past few days, come after Iran shot down an Apache helicopter.
While both pilots were rescued from the downed helicopter, Trump said it was something that, “of necessity,” the U.S. would need to “respond to this attack.”
Further, for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed to in April, Iran fired missiles at Israel on June 7.
This is a developing story.
