Trump warns US prepared to attack Iran anytime after recent military strikes

Trump says US prepared to attack Iran 'ANYTIME' after military strikes. >> Ashley: BACK WITH THE LATEST IN MIDDLE EAST, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE U.S. IS READY TO ATTACK IRAN ANY TIME AND SIGNALLING RENEWED CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN LIKELY WON'T LAST. >> Todd: MADELEINE RIVERA JOINS US LIVE. >> Madeleine: THE PRESIDENT LEANED MORE ON SANCTIONS TO SQUEEZE IRAN ECONOMY. ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT RESERVES RIGHT TO USE MILITARY ACTION TO DEFEND AMERICAN INTEREST IN THE REGION. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAYS RECENT STRIKES WERE LIMITED AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IRAN WAS TRYING TO REBUILD AND DEPLOY ROCKETS THAT WOULD HAVE LAUNCHED MINES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. >> President Trump: WE TOOK OUT ALL NEW EQUIPMENT THEY TRIED TO BUILD ALONG THE STRAIT OF Z HORMUZ. SOME DEFENSIVE, SOME OFFENSIVE. WE'VE TAKEN OUT SHIPS, THEY CAN'T SEE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO RADAR, WE BLEW IT UP. WE BLEW UP MORE THAN THEIR RADAR LAST NIGHT, IT WAS A HEAVY ATTACK AND WE'RE PREPARED TO DO ANOTHER ANY TIME WE WANT. >> Madeleine: THE PRESIDENT QUESTIONED IRAN'S PEOPLE ASKING WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO RISE UP AND FIGHT. HE DID NOT SAY IF CIA MAY OR MAY NOT BE INVOLVED. PRESENT OF 50,000 TROOPS TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT FLEXIBILITY ON THE NEXT ATTACK. AND WARNING FROM SCOTT BESSENT, SAYING NOT TO SUPPORT THE REGIME OR THEY COULD BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. >> Ashley: BRING IN ADJUNCT FELLOW AT HUDSON INSTITUTE, GARRETT AXTER. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS WAR WINDING DOWN. >> IT HAS BEEN A RELATIVELY GOOD NEWS WEEK WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN, END OF LAST WEEK, OIL FLOW IS TWO THIRDS WHERE THEY WERE PRE-WAR AND ADD ON TOP OVER LAND FLOW INCREASED AND THAT SHOULD BRING OIL PRICES DOWN, WHICH IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO DO. YOU HAVE REPORT I THINK IN "WALL STREET JOURNAL" ON MONDAY ABOUT NUMBERS OF MINES THAT IRAN SAID IT LAID IN THE STRAIT. IT LOOKS LIKE 20% OR LESS ARE MINES WITH REST BEING DUDS OR DECOY. UNITED STATES IS IN STRONG POSITION TO CONTROL THE STRAIT AND THEY NEED TO PLAY CLEAN-UP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE THE ARCHITECTURE AND COMMAND AND CONTROL ALONG EDGE OF STRAIT TO KEEP IRAN ON ITS HEELS. GOING FORWARD LOOKS LIKE A STRATEGY OF MORE OF THE SAME. >> Ashley: YOU FEEL THIS IS COMING TO AN END? >> I THINK IT WILL BE DRAWN OUT INTO THE FALL, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THINGS ARE TRENDING IN THE ADMINES DIRECTION AND HER LEIAN EFFORT FROM CENTCOM TO GET THIS DONE IN SIX MONTHS. IT WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY THIS IS INCREDIBLE TIMELINE TO CONTROL THE STRAIT, DEFANG IRAN. IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. >> Ashley: TALK ABOUT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AND THE REGIME, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, UP TO A YEAR ABOUT THEM RISING UP AGAINST THE REGIME. HE HAS NOT SAID IF AMERICA WOULD GET TOO INVOLVED WITH THIS. WHAT WOULD BE BENEFITS AND CONS TO AMERICA GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THIS WAR? >> I THINK THE MAIN POINT OF CRITICISM THAT IS VALID IS REALLY THE TIMING OF THE WAR AS PERTAINS TO UPRISING IN IRAN. IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN THERE WERE PROTESTERS IN THE STREETS AND DID NOT GIVE IRAN TIME TO KILL 30 OR 40