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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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[–] joan@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (8 children)

What even was the official objective of this war in the first place

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours 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.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

our war objective is to do whatever israel tells us to do.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago

To facilitate the Greater Israel Project

[–] Lagviper@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago

They have a concept of an objective

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Armageddon.
Barring that, eternal warmongering for profit.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago

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.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago

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.