Trump says US to deliver ‘beating’ to Iran after bases again targeted

US president promises major escalation a day after new Iran attacks and his White House meeting with Netanyahu.United States President Donald Trump has pledged a major escalation against Iran after the latest Iranian attacks on US military sites in the Middle East.Trump made the threat in an expletive-laden interview with Fox News reporter Trey Yingst on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran missiles target US forces in Jordan after a five-day pause in warlist 2 of 3Trump promises to hit Iran hard after missile attacks on US forceslist 3 of 3Iran and Oman swap proposals to manage Strait of Hormuz: What we knowend of listQuoting Trump, Yingst said the president promised to “beat the f****** s*** out of them”.“We’ll be hitting them hard,” Yingst quoted the president as saying. “They’re going to get a beating.”The comments come a day after Iran said it attacked US forces at a military base in Jordan, the latest salvo in a five-month-long conflict.Trump’s remarks threaten to once again derail the latest detente after the US paused its strikes for several days starting on Saturday following 13 days of consecutive attacks.A ceasefire reached last month as part of a...