President Trump

Trump said the U.S.

targeted military sites on the island but left alone its oil infrastructure for now.

The president, however, warned that if Iran or anyone else interferes with the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, he will reconsider his decision not to wipe out the oil infrastructure.

And the U.S.

now says 15,000 targets have been struck in Iran since the start of the war.

That amounts to more than 1,000 targets a day.

Overnight, I spoke with President Trump for about 20 minutes as he traveled back to Washington from Florida, getting some new insight on the commander in chief's thinking about Operation Epic Fury, the success so far, and what he thinks about Iran's new supreme leader.

I asked him about and he said that he's not happy with this election.

He goes on to say, I don't believe he can live in peace.

He also gave some new details on the timing of this operation and why it needed to take place when it did.

He said, when we attacked them first, we knocked out 50 percent of their missiles.

And if we didn't, it would have been a much harder fight.

When you have conflicts like this, you always have death.

And I was at Dover yesterday.

I met the parents and they were unbelievable people.

They were unbelievable people, but they all had one thing in common.

They said to me one thing, every single one.

Finish the job, sir.

We're very proud to be involved in this and it's going to be ended soon.

And if it starts up again, they'll be hit even harder.