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IrelandJack Keane maps out Iran strike options after Trump's "hammer" warning
Bill Hemmer's segment sets Marco Rubio's account of continuing talks beside the retired general's view that a deal with Tehran would not hold.
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Jack Keane: This is REMARKABLE
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- 0:05Trump, at a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, warns that Iran may eventually get "the hammer."
- 0:36Hemmer shows Mojtaba Khamenei's post on X threatening an immediate, unrestricted response to any attack.
- 1:01Keane expects Iranian retaliation against Israel, US bases and Gulf oil states, with some casualties and damage.
- 1:54On maps of US forces in the region, Keane outlines offensive options against Iranian infrastructure.
- 3:13Rubio says talks with Iran have never stopped and the US can achieve its military objectives.
- 3:52Keane reviews operations around the Strait of Hormuz and argues Iran would not keep any deal.
Donald Trump's warning to Iran gets a military reading on Fox News from Gen. Jack Keane. The retired general argues that diplomacy has already failed, and that Iran would not honor a deal even if one were reached.
The title, "Jack Keane: This is REMARKABLE", does not say what Keane is reacting to. The segment itself is more specific. It opens with rally footage from Dubuque, Iowa, where Trump says that "at some point we're gonna have to give them the hammer." Bill Hemmer then turns to Trump's contacts with Benjamin Netanyahu and to a post on X from Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, threatening an immediate and unrestricted response to any attack. Khamenei succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, earlier this year.
Keane calls that rhetoric "pretty much the same as it's always been." He still expects a response. "Obviously the Iranians are going to retaliate, and there will be some casualties and there will be some damage from that," he says. He names Israel, US bases and the Gulf oil states as possible targets. Using maps of American forces around the Persian Gulf, he walks through offensive options against Iranian infrastructure.
One graphic carries a familiar name: Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 American strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Trump's choice of word points back to it.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a clip, says talks with Iran "have actually never stopped." Keane is unconvinced. "Diplomacy did not work. I don't think it's gonna work here, Bill."
The segment passed a million views in its first eight hours, and its comment section has already filled faster than a usual full first day.
Iranian politician and Shia cleric who has been Iran's supreme leader since 2026. He is a son of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
More on Wikipedia ›US secretary of state since 2025, also serving as national security advisor. A Republican, he previously represented Florida in the US Senate.
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