United States President Donald Trump has stated that Washington has no immediate plans to launch a full-scale war against Iran, while cautioning that U.S. military forces remain fully prepared to take decisive action if required. Speaking in interviews with Financial Times and Fox News on Tuesday, November 3, 2026—just hours before U.S. midterm election polls closed—Trump confirmed that the U.S. military recently executed a targeted airstrike on an Iranian air defense installation.
Trump confirmed reports of explosions on Qeshm Island, located near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. Describing the operation as a "limited military action" rather than the onset of a wider war, Trump explained that U.S. intelligence had monitored the construction of the anti-aircraft and surface-to-air missile facility for approximately two months, striking the site immediately upon its completion after Iranian forces posed threats to U.S. assets.
Read nextPresident Donald Trump Acknowledges Iran War Impact on Republican Midterm SetbacksAddressing remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding potential actions later in the week, Trump emphasized that while his administration is satisfied with its current maximum pressure strategy on Tehran, U.S. forces are fully pre-positioned. He remarked, "Look, I don't want to kill a lot of people... But if we have to do it, we have to do it." U.S. defense officials reiterated that the strike was purely defensive in nature.
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