Trump issues expletive-laden threat to Iran over Hormuz Strait blockage
The US president says he will destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the vital waterway is not reopened.

Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss (Mass.) on Sunday railed against President Trump’s actions in Iran and argued that Tehran understands that its control over the Strait of Hormuz is “more strategically vital” than any plans to develop a nuclear weapon. “The failure of the president’s war thus far is that he has given the new ayatollah,…
The US president says he will destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the vital waterway is not reopened.
The Iranian military said Iraq is exempt from shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz that have strangled global energy flows for weeks.
Iran’s energy grid is set to face the full fury of the United States’s military power on Tuesday if it does not make a deal with President Donald Trump. The country could also face a revolt from civilian protesters supplied with U.S. weapons, the president suggested Sunday. Over the weekend, Trump said Iran had 48…