Trump says U.S. may strike Iranian nuclear site soon, calls conflict “small potatoes”

What the report says

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. military could soon strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, an underground site near the Natanz enrichment complex that Washington says is used to store part of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile. Speaking at the White House, Trump also sought to minimize the fighting with Iran, describing it as a limited and intermittent military conflict rather than a full-scale war.

According to the report from Xinhua carried by The Independent Uganda, Trump said the situation was “small potatoes” for the United States and suggested that U.S. strikes were being carried out intermittently. The article notes that his comments came after earlier threats this week that more attacks on Iran could happen at any time.

The story also says U.S. forces targeted nearly 60 Iranian sites around the Strait of Hormuz this week, including air defense, radar, mine-laying and communications facilities, citing CNN. Iranian state media reported that a U.S. strike on Tuesday night hit a wedding party in Hormozgan province, killing at least five people and injuring more than 60.

The broader context, as presented in the article, is an escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran, with Israel also involved in large-scale attacks beginning in late February 2026. The reported potential strike on Pickaxe Mountain is significant because it would target a deeply fortified nuclear-related site and could further intensify tensions in the region.