Trump threatens again to blow up all Iran's bridges and power plants
President Donald Trump issued a fiery statement Sunday accusing Iran of violating a ceasefire agreement after Iranian forces fired upon ships in the Strait of Hormuz, including a French vessel and a British freighter.
“Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement!” Trump posted, adding that his representatives would travel to Islamabad, Pakistan for negotiations.
The president highlighted what he characterized as Iran’s self-defeating strategy, noting that while Iran recently announced closure of the strategic waterway, the U.S. blockade had already effectively shut it down. Trump claimed this costs Iran $500 million daily while “The United States loses nothing.”
In his most direct threat, Trump warned that if Iran refuses the deal being offered, the United States would “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.”
“NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” Trump declared. “They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years.”
The president concluded his statement with a call to end what he termed “THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE,” signing off as “President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
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The escalation comes as ships reportedly redirect to U.S. ports in Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska to load supplies, a development Trump attributed to actions by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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