President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House about Dulles International Airport modernization, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. via Associated PressEven Donald Trump does not know what his “strategic objective” in Iran is right now, according to a BBC expert. The US renewed its strikes on Iran on Thursday morning hours after the president told reporters the American military would soon be hitting the country “very hard”. Jordan said it shot down five missiles from Iran and at least 20 people were killed in joint US-Saudi strikes on Iranian-backed forces in Iraq. He pointed to reports from Washington that suggest there are divisions within the Trump administration about what to do next.