Meanwhile, dozens were injured by Iranian strikes in Israel, as Tehran targeted a nuclear site.

Donald Trump threatened Iran in a Truth Social post Saturday evening, warning that the U.S. would target the nation’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed.

“If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” Trump wrote in the post.

Approximately 20% of the world’s oil passes through the the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route. Iranian attacks on ships in the area have seen the area essentially close to maritime traffic, while oil prices have soared globally.

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    So when questioned about boots on the ground or why other nations weren’t told about the attack, we get the “why would I tell you that? Are you a stupid person”?

    Social media: WE WILL ASPLOAD ALL YOUR POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE LARGEST.

    Makes sense.

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    Bombing powerplants is an attack on civilians and therefore a war crime.

    Who is going to stop this addle-pated pigman?

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      We’re at the point both sides could just be waiting for him to wipe Iran off the map before doing anything since can just make Trump the scapegoat and finally get their wished for attack on Iran

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        At this point, Trump could just nuke Iran and both sides will cope about it being “a necessary measure to save lives from a ground invasion”. The US has no inhibitions left anymore.

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    and considering how well and easily Iran has been able to retaliate at various targets yeah…this will go swimmingly.

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      Was Israel’s only objective, and therefore Trump cabinet/negotiators objectives. So far, war has just made Iranian people more enthusiastic about IRGC’s dominance in the conflict. Electricity failure in the mildest month of the year won’t change that, and there are rapid electricity restoration (solar) solutions.

      GCC is faced with a survival threat for their demonic, either secret initial war support or the gaslighting of ever escalating escalation against Iran. Iran has offered peace with GCC even as they are backed into executing their total annihilation. There is an important global community private communications with US channel path, even as anti-Iran public comments continue, that can try to convince Trump of declaring victory while accepting real defeat, which lets world reopen Gulf without US interference.

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      9 days ago

      No joke but to bring about the biblical end times, Trump is just a useful idiot to the folks with money and bad intentions.

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      Depends on the hour you asked that question, plus some alignments of planets and what crystals are doing, least from anything I can tell. Yet the US is letting him go ahead, huh. So whatever works for the US I guess.

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    Based on what I know about how Trump operates, I’m fully convinced he is just creating an excuse to launch a nuke at someone, either Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland, any country he can. Because that’s the one thing he has just been itching to do his entire presidency. Using the special codes to launch a nuclear bomb to prove to the world and to himself that he really is as powerful as God himself.

    I am actually willing to bet that we’re eventually going to learn that he has already tried at least once but someone has (until now) managed to block it.

    Someone is going to get nuked if Trump is not stopped.