Trump threatens to 'beat the s***' out of Iran in major escalation after US troops in Jordan attacked

Sign up to DC Insider HERE to get a front-row seat to the biggest stories in the nation's capital See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 09:39 EDT, 29 July 2026 | Updated: 10:57 EDT, 29 July 2026 President Donald Trump is threatening to 'beat the f****** s*** out of' Iran after US troops in Jordan were attacked.'[They're] going to get a beating,' Trump told Fox News.Trump's Wednesday threat of escalation comes the day after the regime launched ballistic missiles at US forces in Jordan in what US Central Command described as an 'attempted surprise attack.'The US successfully intercepted all of the Iranian missiles, according to CENTCOM.The US, in conjunction with Saudi Arabia, struck Iranian-backed militias in Iraq last night, CENTCOM said, saying this action was retaliation for a series of drone strikes and not the missile attack in Jordan.Trump said that these strikes were coordinated with the Iraqi government.Before Iran's Monday missile attack, both the regime and the US had observed a multi-day lull in the fighting, the first pause in nearly two weeks.Relative quiet on Saturday and Sunday broke a string of 13 consecutive days of fighting after the breakdown of a June memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran. A United States F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet takes off from an aircraft carrier on July 21 Trump, who has repeatedly threatened major escalation against Iran, takes questions in the Oval Office on July 21The monthslong conflict with Iran has seen frequent pauses as the US tries to maneuver Tehran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has frequently threatened major escalation against Tehran, including last Thursday when he said he was considering a 'bigger than ever before' attack on the regime. Reporting has raised questions about whether escalation in Iran could stretch too far the US's diminishing supply of some types of air defense munitions, such as Patriot missile interceptors.Earlier this week, Trump revisited the idea of striking a possible Iranian nuclear facility known as Pickaxe Mountain while rebuking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bringing up the site in public.Netanyahu met with Trump on Tuesday, the first in-person conversation for the two leaders since before the joint US-Israeli strikes in February.Though there has been recent public friction between them, both sides said the meeting was a good one.Netanyahu said it was 'excellent,' and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described the meeting as 'positive and productive.'The Israeli Prime Minister also rubbed shoulders with members of Trump's cabinet on Tuesday while attending the late Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral. Trump and Netanyahu pose for a picture before their meeting in the Oval Office Netanyahu (R) is seen with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the day of Graham's funeralLooking back, only 35 percent of voters say they still support military action in Iran, according to a Daily Mail/JL Partners poll of 1,021 voters in July.The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has risen from just under $3.00 before the war to $4.09 on Wednesday. Eighteen US troops have been killed and more than 600 wounded since the conflict began in February.