Trump threatens Iran saying navy is ‘locked and loaded and ready to go’ | EUROtoday

Donald Trump has seemingly threatened Iran with navy motion, warning that the U.S. Army is “locked and loaded and ready to go.”

The president made his fiery comment in a livid publish on Truth Social, as he ramped up his rhetoric in opposition to the Iranian regime.

His menace got here as protests erupted throughout Iran, with protestors being heard calling for the overthrow of Ayatollah Khamenei.

“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,” Trump warned. “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.

“Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J.TRUMP” he added.

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The protests in Iran have primarily centered on the nation’s financial hardships, lots of which have persevered because the U.S. first imposed tariffs on the nation’s authorities in 2018.

One protestor informed The Guardian that Iran’s forex crashing to a brand new low on Sunday sparked the brand new wave of protests.

“What will my children eat? Do we have to bring suitcases of cash to simply buy bread? Do you find that normal?” hel informed the newspaper.

Six individuals have been killed in clashes between safety forces and protestors, in line with the BBC. Social media video obtained by the broadcaster confirmed vehicles being set ablaze and roads blocked within the capital Tehran, in addition to Azna and Kouhdasht.

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However, one in every of Trump’s former loyalists has slammed the president for eager to become involved in unrest abroad.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ended 2025 with a livid publish on X, wherein she claimed that Americans had been planning a “tax revolt” over Trump’s involvement in “foreign wars.”

“Trump spent the weekend with Zelensky and Netanyahu, Pentagon fails audit again, meanwhile Americans are planning a tax revolt because they don’t know what else to do to get their elected officials to stop their money from being given to thieves, foreigners, and foreign wars,” she wrote.

Greene beforehand criticized Trump for authorizing a strike on three nuclear services in Iran in June 2025.

Nicknamed Operation Midnight Hammer, the strike noticed fourteen “bunker buster” bombs being unloaded on the services in a bid to stop Iran from allegedly growing a nuclear weapon.

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Trump claimed that Operation Midnight Hammer had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment vegetation, regardless of a Pentagon evaluation figuring out that the strike had merely set Iran’s program again by months, in line with the BBC.

The bombing was the U.S.’s solely direct involvement in Israel’s struggle with Iran, which additionally led to June.

Greene publicly defended former Fox News host and isolationistTucker Carlson on the time, after the president branded him “kooky” for his criticism of the assault.

“And foreign wars/intervention/regime change put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction,” Greene blasted. “That’s not kooky.

“That’s what millions of Americans voted for,” she added. “It’s what we believe is America First.”