The U.S. military carried out a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Monday as President Donald Trump reinstated a blockade of Iranian shipping and proposed charging a ​20% fee to guard the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. 

U.S. Central Command said it began strikes at Trump's direction just after the U.S. president told the "Hugh Hewitt Show" that Iran would be hit "very hard tonight, and we're going to hit them hard tomorrow. And there's not a damn thing they can do about it." He later told reporters at the White House that the U.S. was attacking Iranian capabilities in the strait.