US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” threatening to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas industries, including the key Kharg Island, in the “not too distant future.”"The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE! ), VERY HARD TONIGHT," he said in a post on Truth Social."At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America," it added.Also read: Iran warns Mideast truce 'practically meaningless' after US strikesThe post come after the Washington and Tehran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war.The new exchange of fire came as efforts to negotiate an end to the US-Iran war appeared stuck, with Trump warning that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement earlier that the American attacks had “effectively rendered the ceasefire ... meaningless,” without saying it was abandoning it.