Trump Says U.S. Will Strike Iran Hard and May Target Pickaxe Mountain

President Donald Trump said in a Monday interview that the United States would strike Iran hard that night and the next day and could target the underground Pickaxe Mountain complex relatively soon. Trump made the remarks during an appearance with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. He stated that Iran had no navy, air force or military left and that its inflation rate had reached 301 percent.

-Israeli campaign began. "We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, and we’re going to hit them hard tomorrow, and there’s not a damn thing they can do about it," Trump said. He described Pickaxe Mountain as a possible target for "a nice big fat shot right near the front door" and added that surveillance showed no activity there.

"We’re watching it closely. We see no activity there. They’re not doing well with their nuclear. Every time we hear about it, we blow it up, so they don't like talking about it, but we'll probably give Pickaxe a shot relatively soon," Trump said.

He further stated that Iran would use a nuclear weapon within one day if it obtained one. U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that it would resume its blockade of vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports.

The military said humanitarian shipments would be allowed through but warned that force could be used against ships that failed to comply. Pickaxe Mountain contains two deeply buried tunnel complexes that experts assess may be beyond the reach of U.S. bunker-busting bombs.

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have never been granted access to the site.