Trump praises US attacks on Iran as the nations exchange hits

US President Donald Trump praises Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

for continued attacks on Iran.

This as Trump insists his country maintains control over

the Strait of Hormuz.

“And I want to thank Pete and all those people they're doing.

That was great. We were on the phone late last night, and,

it really went we like we knocked out a lot, you know,

we now control the Hormuz Strait. And we have many

boats going through that every day. Every night.

Many, many boats loaded up with oil. And so far

and I want to speak too bravely, too foolishly,

but so far they've done very little to be able to stop it.

We're going to keep it that way,” Trump says.

Iran had suffered more American bombardment that Iranian

state media says included a strike on a wedding party

that killed two children and two women Wednesday.

This as Iran fire on US allies in the Gulf. Sirens sounded in

Kuwait early Thursday as air defences intercept missile and

drone attacks that its Ministry of Defense calls "blatant Iranian

aggression."