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President Donald Trump said America’s next two targets in Iran would be bridges and electric power plants.
“Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran,” he said in a post on Truth Social. “Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST! President DONALD J.TRUMP.”
Why It Matters
Targeting bridges and power plants would expand U.S. strikes beyond strictly military facilities, raising humanitarian and regional economic risks as attacks and counterattacks spread across the Middle East.
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The threats came as oil prices have surged and the United Nations Security Council prepared to weigh measures to secure the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring global economic stakes tied to the conflict.
What To Know
Trump’s Truth Social post come after Trump said in a speech on Wednesday night that U.S. forces would "finish the job" soon and "core strategic objectives are nearing completion.” He also pledged to hit Iran "extremely hard over the next two to three weeks" and bring them "back to the Stone Ages.”
Trump also said in his address that the “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” asserting Iran’s navy is “gone,” its air force is “in ruins,” and its missile capabilities “dramatically curtailed.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio summarized four U.S. war objectives as “destroy their weapons factories, destroy their navy, destroy their air force” and “destroy their chances of ever having a nuclear weapon.”
Amid U.S. and Israeli strikes, Iran launched attacks across the region that ignited fires at Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi refinery and triggered air defenses in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel, The Associated Press reported on Friday.
The U.N. Security Council is set to consider a Bahrain-led plan on Saturday to authorize defensive action to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, though permanent members Russia, China and France opposed language permitting the use of force, according to the AP.
What People Are Saying
Donald Trump said in his address on Wednesday: Trump also said the United States' objectives are "very simple and clear" and the military was "systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or reject power outside of their borders."
He added: "That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and their missile program at levels never seen before and annihilating their defense industrial base. We’ve done all of it. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their missiles are just about used up or beaten.
French President Emmanuel Macron said: “A military operation [to reopen the Strait of Hormuz] would take an infinite amount of time and would expose anyone passing through the strait to coastal threats from [Iran’s] Revolutionary Guard
What Happens Next
The U.N. Security Council will debate a Bahrain-backed proposal to safeguard shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but any mandate to use force will likely face veto threats, delaying immediate collective action.
Trump will likely continue to threaten additional strikes over the next two to three weeks while Iran signals resolve, keeping pressure on regional energy infrastructure and global oil markets.
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