{"id":386371,"date":"2026-07-25T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386371\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:37:13","slug":"were-locked-and-loaded-trump-warns-us-is-ready-to-escalate-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386371\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We’re locked and loaded’: Trump warns US is ready to escalate Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump said the U.S. is “locked and loaded” for a potential major military strike on Iran<\/a> — but stressed that diplomatic talks with Tehran are continuing.<\/p>\n

Trump said Iran appears increasingly interested in negotiations, even as the U.S. military remains prepared to launch additional attacks if diplomacy fails.<\/p>\n

“Look, we’re talking to them right now. I think they’re getting more and more serious as the days go by,” Trump said during a news conference<\/a> at the White House on Friday.”We’re locked and loaded and ready to go, but we’re talking to them,” he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump said the U.S. could take military action to a much higher level if necessary but said he was not in a hurry to order a broader offensive.<\/p>\n

During a speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner<\/a> later on Friday night, Trump said Iranian officials “would love to make a deal,”<\/a> though he also questioned whether they are prepared to accept U.S. terms.<\/p>\n

Trump’s comments came following the collapse of a ceasefire and renewed fighting that has included U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets and Iranian attacks on American forces and commercial shipping.<\/p>\n

The U.S. has carried out 13 consecutive days of strikes against Iran since Trump declared an earlier ceasefire was over, expanding the target list beyond military sites hosting missiles and equipment to roads, tunnels, and other areas as frustrations mount over continued attacks on shipping routes and Tehran\u2019s refusals to meet his demands in negotiations.<\/p>\n

The president has repeatedly insisted Iran will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump said the U.S. is “locked and loaded” for a potential major military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-386371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}