President Donald Trump promised to strike Iran “a lot harder, and a lot more violently” if it did not make a deal with the United States following what Trump suggested was an unprovoked attack on U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

“Three World Class American Destroyers just transited, very successfully, out of the Strait of Hormuz, under fire. There was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers. They were completely destroyed along with numerous small boats, which are being used to take the place of their fully decapitated Navy. These boats went to the bottom of the Sea, quickly and efficiently,” Trump posted on Truth Social.