{"id":673,"date":"2026-07-20T20:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:44:32","slug":"after-deadly-weekend-for-us-troops-trump-vows-revenge-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"After Deadly Weekend for US Troops, Trump Vows Revenge Against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Idrees Ali<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>July 20 (Reuters) &#8211; President Donald Trump on Monday said \u2060Iran \u2060would &#8220;pay&#8221; for killing U.S. soldiers after multiple \u2060service members were killed over the weekend in the war against Iran, marking one \u200bof the deadliest periods for U.S. forces since the war started in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=671\">How PayPal Went From Wall Street Favorite to Unwilling Merger Target<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The number of U.S. troops killed in the war \u200con Iran rose to 17 over \u200cthe weekend, with the remains of an additional service member being examined. Two of the personnel were confirmed to have \u2060been killed \u2060when Iran attacked U.S. personnel in Jordan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they \u200bwill pay for that killing many times over,&#8221; Trump wrote on Truth Social. &#8220;This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In March, six U.S. troops were killed when an Iranian drone slammed \u200binto a U.S. military facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0Roughly 430 U.S. troops have been injured in the conflict \u2060so \u2060far.\u00a0The Pentagon said on Monday \u2060that since July \u200b7, 100 service members were injured but that 96 percent have returned to duty. It is unclear how \u200bmany of those, if any, were \u2060included in the 430 number in the Pentagon&#8217;s public database.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After a brief ceasefire, fighting intensified around July 7, including U.S. strikes on Iran and Iranian attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The White House said Trump would attend the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for the service members killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It is unclear what specific &#8220;directive&#8221; Trump passed to \u2060the Pentagon. But a U.S. official told Reuters that prior to the deadly attack in Jordan, \u2060the United States had already started moving additional military aircraft, including fighter jets and refueling tankers, to the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=669\">Soccer-\u2018Great American Sleepover\u2019 Softens US Image Abroad, but World Cup Charm Campaign Hit Some Bumps<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Joe Kent, who headed the National Counterterrorism Center until March, said the back and forth between U.S. and Iranian forces risked further escalation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Get our troops out now before we suffer a mass casualty attack. Break the escalation trap,&#8221; Kent, who resigned over Trump&#8217;s war in Iran, wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0In the past week, Trump has threatened to expand the targets being struck in Iran to include energy plants and bridges, sending ground forces to seize Iran\u2019s Kharg Island oil hub and bombing a deep-underground nuclear-linked site known \u2060as Pickaxe Mountain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0Sources have told Reuters that recent waves of U.S. strikes on Iran aimed at forcing open the Strait of Hormuz are also targeting Iranian military capabilities the U.S. would want to destroy before executing more complex operations against Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The war, including its monetary cost, is set to dominate a congressional \u200bhearing on Tuesday with Hegseth and Caine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Christian Martinez; Editing by \u200bSusan Heavey, Don Durfee, Andrea Ricci and Sanjeev Miglani)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=667\">Head of US AI Safety Agency Resigns<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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