US may hit Iran's Kharg Island again, Trump tells NBC News

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub, saying that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the conflict, "the terms aren’t good enough yet."

He said the US strikes had "totally demolished" most of Kharg Island, telling NBC News that "we may hit it a few more times just for fun."

Trump also questioned whether Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still alive.

"I don't know if he's even alive. So far, nobody's been able to show him," Trump told NBC.

"I'm hearing he's not alive, and if he is, he should do something very smart for his country, and that's surrender," he added, while calling the news of Khamenei's death a "rumor."

Trump also said that he is not ready to make a deal with Iran because "the terms aren't good enough yet."

Trump said on Saturday that "the only power [Iran has] it's a power that can be closed off relatively quickly, is the power of dropping a mine or shooting a relatively short-range missile. But when we get finished with the shoreline, they're not going to have that power either."

"We've knocked out most of their missiles. We've knocked out most of their drones. We knocked out their manufacturing of missiles and drones, largely. Within two days, it'll be totally decimated," Trump added.

He also told NBC that it is not clear whether Iran has dropped mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

The US will open the Strait of Hormuz "one way or another" and would "be bombing the hell out of shoreline," Trump said earlier on Saturday.

Trump further threatened that the US would be "continually shooting Iranian boats and ships out of water."

The President also noted that many countries would send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but did not specify which countries would do so.

Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.