Trump on Sunday paid tribute to U.S. service members killed in recent attacks linked to Iran, saying American forces launched another round of strikes "in honor" of them.

At Joint Base Andrews, Trump also said the service members had sacrificed their lives to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

"Well, we feel very badly. But you know, those great people, those great patriots were out there fighting so that Iran could not have a nuclear weapon," Trump said.

"Iran has been very, very badly damaged. They've lost everything almost militarily. They've got very little left," he added.

Trump said Iran retained some missiles, drones and manufacturing capability but no longer controlled the strategic situation.

"They've got some missiles, they've got some drones, they've got some manufacturing ability. Not much. We control the strait. They don't control anything. So we'll see what happens. But we hit them very hard again tonight."

"And we did that in honor of the probably three. It's probably three as opposed to two great patriots," he said.