Trump says US strikes on Iran are about to kick into even higher gear: ‘The big one is coming’

President Trump on Monday vowed to step up strikes on Iran — warning, “The big one is coming.”

The president also told The Post that he won’t shy away from sending American ground troops into the Islamic Republic “if necessary” — though he did not believe they would be needed.

Trump pledged to continue the US campaign against the Islamist regime until it was completely defanged, despite the costs. He previously suggested it could last four weeks.

So far, six US service members have been killed — all in Iranian strikes on Kuwait, and America lost three advanced, $31 million F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets after they were accidentally shot down by the gulf country’s air defenses.

Iran has also attacked all of the US’s allies in the region in retaliation for its assaults, launching drones and ballistic missiles at every nation in the Persian Gulf, as well as Iraq, Israel and even Cyprus.

More than 48 hours after the US’s “Operation Epic Fury” began with the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei and dozens of his top goons, America is not finished with its bombardment campaign, Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

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