U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (July 8) threatened to attack Iran again after saying an initial ceasefire deal with the Islamic Republic was "over," though he has not made clear whether Washington would be returning to full-on war with Iran.

Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump slammed Iranian officials for what he described as not sticking to the deals they negotiated and warned that the United States will likely engage in additional strikes on Wednesday night after U.S. forces had carried out attacks the previous day.

"I give them a little warning. We're going to hit them hard tonight," Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in Turkey alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

He repeated his war aim that Tehran can never have a nuclear weapon but suggested that goal may need to be achieved without a deal.

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Trump on Iran: US will 'hit them hard' again Wednesday night

VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL PROBABLY STRIKE IRAN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT

SHOWS: ANKARA, TURKEY (JULY 8, 2026) (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE - Access all)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SITTING NEXT TO UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

"But they launched a couple of drones and one rocket, one missile and at ships because they were in the strait, which have every right to be. And so we hit them very hard last night. Very very hard - probably hit them hard again tonight. I give them a little warning. We're going to hit them hard tonight."

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"Our deal is a wall to a nuclear weapon. His deal was a road to a nuclear weapon. We could, they'll never build a nuclear weapon under our deal. But I don't know if we're gonna have a deal. We may just do it without a deal. Because, you know what, it is easier."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"Look, we're not attacking at the highest level. The highest level, the bridges, they're, which we can knock down, I would say in one day we knocked down every single bridge in Iran, there's not a thing they can do about it. Their electric manufacturing facilities. Right? Electric plants where they make their electricity, their, we will we have to, take them out. I don't want to do that, but if we have to, we'll take them out. They have desalinization plants. We'll take them out if we have to. I hate to do that.That's really the one I would like, not do the least. We attacked Kharg Island last night. Knocked out a piece. I said, don't touch the oil. Because maybe we'll take over Kharg Island and we may take over Kharg Island. There's not a thing they can do about it."

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"And it may be a big attack and it'll knock out a lot of stuff. We are knock out nothing. We knock out a lot."

8. WHITE FLASH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"So I was saying we have an aircraft carrier, which is one of the most beautiful in the world. It's one of the biggest, the Abraham Lincoln, and two months ago we had a hundred. I told the story yesterday - we had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan (editor's note: he meant Islamic Republic of Iran). They were shot at the aircraft carrier over a period of about one hour, 111 missiles going to a very expensive ship, and every one of those missiles was knocked out."

Trump on Iran: US will 'hit them hard' again Wednesday night

VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL PROBABLY STRIKE IRAN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT

SHOWS: ANKARA, TURKEY (JULY 8, 2026) (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE - Access all)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SITTING NEXT TO UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

"But they launched a couple of drones and one rocket, one missile and at ships because they were in the strait, which have every right to be. And so we hit them very hard last night. Very very hard - probably hit them hard again tonight. I give them a little warning. We're going to hit them hard tonight."

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"Our deal is a wall to a nuclear weapon. His deal was a road to a nuclear weapon. We could, they'll never build a nuclear weapon under our deal. But I don't know if we're gonna have a deal. We may just do it without a deal. Because, you know what, it is easier."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"Look, we're not attacking at the highest level. The highest level, the bridges, they're, which we can knock down, I would say in one day we knocked down every single bridge in Iran, there's not a thing they can do about it. Their electric manufacturing facilities. Right? Electric plants where they make their electricity, their, we will we have to, take them out. I don't want to do that, but if we have to, we'll take them out. They have desalinization plants. We'll take them out if we have to. I hate to do that.That's really the one I would like, not do the least. We attacked Kharg Island last night. Knocked out a piece. I said, don't touch the oil. Because maybe we'll take over Kharg Island and we may take over Kharg Island. There's not a thing they can do about it."

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"And it may be a big attack and it'll knock out a lot of stuff. We are knock out nothing. We knock out a lot."

8. WHITE FLASH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"So I was saying we have an aircraft carrier, which is one of the most beautiful in the world. It's one of the biggest, the Abraham Lincoln, and two months ago we had a hundred. I told the story yesterday - we had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan (editor's note: he meant Islamic Republic of Iran). They were shot at the aircraft carrier over a period of about one hour, 111 missiles going to a very expensive ship, and every one of those missiles was knocked out."