Trump Says Hormuz Strikes Were ‘Just A Love Tap,’ Ceasefire In Effect

President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that the strikes on the Iranian regime were “just a love tap” and that the cease-fire remains in effect.

The U.S. military ran three destroyers through the Strait of Hormuz after striking Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island on Thursday, according to United States Central Command (CENTCOM). The U.S. military action came after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched 15 ballistic and cruise missiles at Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emirates.

“Our military is unbelievable, they’re doing an unbelievable job,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, the New York Postreported. “We’re negotiating with the Iranians. We have, you probably heard, we took our three destroyers, and we rammed them through some pretty big stuff today, and we knocked the hell out of them. The destroyers weren’t hurt in any way, and the people weren’t hurt. But they were firing at us, and we were firing back at them. And our firepower was a hell of a lot stronger than theirs, and they knocked the hell out of them.”

The full video, posted by the Iranian IRIB News Agency, allegedly depicts an anti-ship ballistic missile being fired at a U.S. destroyer. Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps can be heard chanting “Allahu Akbar” in the background.

An unconfirmed image from Press TV, an Iranian state-backed media outlet, in an X post depicts the “pretty big stuff” that Trump mentioned in his remarks to reporters.