US President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-laden new threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline.
In a social media post, Trump vowed to hit Iran’s power plants and bridges and said the country would be "living in Hell" if the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global trade, isn’t opened by Tuesday.
Trump has issued such deadlines before but extended them when mediators have claimed progress toward ending the war, which has killed thousands, shaken global markets and spiked fuel prices in just over five weeks.
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