US president boasts that ‘monumental damage’ was done to Iranian nuclear sites, as Tehran votes to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz shipping route in retaliation

President Trump is betting the United States can repel whatever retaliation Iran orders, and that it has destroyed the regime’s chances of reconstituting its nuclear program.

Despite Trump's warning to Tehran not to retaliate against U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, the likelihood of escalation is high – and the consequences will be profound, not…