WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reiterated his threat to launch significant attacks on critical Iranian infrastructure if Tehran fails to reach a peace deal that he insists must include reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
“The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,” Trump said as he held a news conference in the White House briefing room.
“And after that, they’re going to have no bridges,” Trump said on Monday. “They’re going to have no power plants. Stone ages.”
The president said the administration is planning a four-hour blitz.
“We have a plan because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again,” Trump told reporters. “I mean, complete demolition by 12 o’clock. And it will happen over a period of four hours if we want it to.”
“We don’t want that to happen,” the president added.
Trump has previously pushed back his deadlines for Iran to comply with his demands.
When a reporter asked him earlier Monday, “Is Tuesday at 8 p.m. your final deadline?” Trump responded, “Yeah.”
