President Donald Trump delivered one of his bluntest warnings yet to Tehran after another night of U.S. strikes inside Iran, telling Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst that if the regime refuses a deal, “We’ll bomb the s— out of them.”

The warning came during a call from the Situation Room, where Trump was joined by Vice President JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as Washington weighed its next move. The message from the administration is clear, Iran is dragging its feet at the negotiating table while U.S. forces are showing that the regime no longer controls the skies over its own country.

According to Trump, the latest U.S. strike wave included 49 Tomahawk missiles fired at targets inside Iran, with some reportedly hitting sites roughly 40 miles from Tehran. U.S. fighter jets also struck positions along Iran’s southwestern coast, while CENTCOM said American forces targeted Iranian surveillance capabilities, communications systems and air-defense sites that threatened U.S. forces and commercial shipping.

Trump also said Israel was not involved in the strikes, a point the administration appears eager to stress as Washington tries to frame this as a direct U.S.-Iran showdown. The strikes followed Iran’s aggression near the Strait of Hormuz, including the downing of a U.S. Army Apache, and came as Tehran continues using the waterway as leverage over global energy markets.

Iran responded with denial and defiance. State media rejected Trump’s claim that senior Iranian officials contacted him to ask for the bombing to stop, calling it false. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also claimed attacks on U.S. military targets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, though early reports suggested the retaliation was largely intercepted or limited in impact.

At the center of the standoff is a proposed deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and force Iran into nuclear limits the U.S. says are non-negotiable. For Trump, the military pressure is the leverage. For Tehran, the question is whether it can keep stalling while absorbing deeper strikes on its military infrastructure.

The ceasefire is still technically alive, but barely. The U.S. is now pairing negotiations with direct force, and Iran’s room to maneuver is shrinking. The regime can keep playing for time, but Washington’s message has changed sharply, come to the table, or the next wave may hit harder.