Trump threatens to renew military strikes against Iran 'without hesitation'

US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to renew military strikes against Iran in an interview with the Salem News Channel.

When asked whether he would hesitate to use military force to prevent Iran from threatening US allies and American vessels, he replied, "No, without hesitation."

Trump claimed that the US controls the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, and that the blockade it imposed on Iran is severely damaging its economy.

"If I saw that things were developing in the opposite direction, I would do it. And I might do it right now," he said.

Trump added that the Iranian regime is on the brink of collapse, and claimed that inflation in the country has reached 301%, its economy has been destroyed, and its military forces have been wiped out.

According to him, the US has not lost a soldier in the last five months, and the bulk of the intensive fighting against Iran lasted only three weeks.