Live updates: Trump says 'very good' Iran talks, hints at 'total resolution'

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that the Strait of Hormuz can open with a "simple military maneuver" and "it will open itself at a certain point," without elaborating further.

"It's a simple military maneuver. It's relatively safe, but you need a lot of help in the sense of: you need ships, you need volume. And, NATO could help us, but they so far haven't had the courage to do so," Trump said while departing the White House for Palm Beach.

"And others could help us, but we don't use it. At a certain point, it will open itself at a certain point, but we've defeated the enemy," Trump said.

Earlier in the day, Trump blasted allies on social media, saying they "don't want to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver."

Trump also said he doesn't want a ceasefire with Iran when the U.S. has the upper hand and is "obliterating" the country.

"We can have a dialogue, but we don't - I don't want to do a ceasefire. You don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side. They don't have a navy, they don't have an Air Force, they don't have any equipment -- they don't have any spotters, they don't have anti aircraft, they don't have radar and their leaders have all been killed at every level," Trump said.

At least 1,021 people have been killed and 2,641 have been injured in Lebanon as Israeli strikes continue, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Iran's top military spokesman, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, warned that "Iran is monitoring enemy officials, commanders, pilots and soldiers," according to the semi-official Iranian News Agency, Mehr.

He also warned "that based on information available to Iran, recreational areas, tourist destinations and leisure centers around the world would no longer be safe for them," according to Mehr.

Shekarchi criticized the repeated assassinations of Iranian officials and armed forces commanders, saying it was not a sign of enemy strength but rather reflected helplessness, desperation and malice.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. strikes against Iran have eliminated several layers of the country's leadership, and added that it was making it difficult to find members of the government for the U.S. to talk to.

"Their leaders are all gone. The next set of leaders are all gone. And the next set of leaders are mostly gone," the Trump said as he spoke before a crowd of Naval Academy midshipmen who gathered in the East Room to celebrate their football team winning the Commander in Chief's Trophy.

"And now nobody wants to be a leader over there anymore. We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them and there's nobody to talk to. We have nobody to talk to. And you know what? We like it that way," Trump said.

This comes despite Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifying before Congress Wednesday that "the regime in Iran appears to be intact but largely degraded by Operation Epic Fury."