President Donald Trump eloquently described to Fox News what he intends to do if Iran doesn’t sign a peace deal with the U.S.: “We’ll bomb the s**t out of them.”

That threat is quickly becoming a reality.

Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst told the hosts of “Fox & Friends” Thursday morning he spoke on the phone with the president from the White House Situation Room Wednesday night, and Trump said the U.S. launched 49 Tomahawk missiles in an attack the president described as “violent and vicious,” and added that Trump told him: “Top Iranian officials called him directly, asking him to stop the bombing.”

This is the third time this week the U.S. and Iran have traded back-and-forth strikes, with The Associated Press reporting that the U.S. attack Wednesday night lasted into Thursday morning ― and was “more intense and wider than the day before.” The outlet added that Tehran released little information on the extent of the damage but said the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.

“When we step back here, the president is now negotiating with bombs,” Yingst said, summing up the general vibe of the conversation he had with Trump.

“He told me overnight that if they are unwilling to sign an agreement, we’ll bomb the shit out of them tonight,” Yingst added.

Yingst went on to say “the sense that I got speaking” to Trump is that the U.S. “understands who they’re dealing with.”

“Vice President Vance, who is leading the negotiations, really laid out exactly who the Iranians are,” Yingst said. “And he has a firm grasp on the games they’re trying to play at the negotiating table.”

Yingst said Trump is “fed up,” and he’s not going to “stand for it” any longer, which is why he launched the strikes to “put new pressure on the Iranian regime.”

“We do expect more strikes to continue if the Iranians do not sign on the dotted line,” Yingst said.

Watch Yingst’s report below.

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