Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage
President Trump suggested Monday that the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to exit the Strait of Hormuz — a strategy employed by Iran amid its control of the key energy shipping choke point. During a White House press conference, a reporter asked Trump whether he would end the war while Iran…
Read MoreTrump Says Journalist at an Unnamed News Outlet ‘Will Go to Jail’ Unless They Reveal Source of Details on U.S. Fighter Pilot in Iran
President Donald Trump said the “person that did the story” for an unidentified media outlet about the U.S.’s search for a second fighter jet pilot who was missing in Iran after his plane was shot down “will go to jail” if they do not reveal who provided the information. Trump made the remarks at a…
Read MoreTrump doubles down on Tuesday night deadline for Iran to meet US demands
President Trump on Monday doubled down on his deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States by Tuesday evening, or else face destroyed infrastructure. “We’re giving them until tomorrow at 8 o’clock. And after that, they’re gonna have no bridges, no power plants,” Trump told reporters at a White House news conference,…
Read MoreTrump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran
President Trump on Monday brushed off questions from reporters about whether strikes on civilian instrastructure in Iran would constitute war crimes. When asked by a New York Times reporter at the White House press briefing if he was concerned that bombing power plants and bridges, as he had threatened to do, constituted war crimes, Trump…
Read MoreTrump warns US could send Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ if deadline not met
US president confirms final ultimatum of Tuesday 8pm before American launches barrage of attacks on civilian targets in Iran
Read MoreTrump’s ‘4 hour obliteration’ threat to Iran after pretending to aim gun in sniper pose
Trump has issued a chilling warning to Iran, saying ‘every bridge will be decimated’ and ‘every power plant will be out of business’ within four hours if they don’t make a deal by Tuesday
Read MoreTrump claims Iranians begging US to keep bombing Iran
Donald Trump claimed the US has “numerous intercepts” of Iranians pleading for a continuation of bombing.
Read MoreTrump’s all-over-the-place Iran war press conference was thick on bombing threats, false claims and bragging
Donald Trump claims to have ‘won’ against Iran but threatened war crimes during his bizarre appearance in White House briefing room
Read MoreLebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis join Iran in strike on Israel
The Houthis in Yemen say they attacked Israel alongside their backers Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Read MoreIran war to throttle oil flows even if Strait of Hormuz reopens soon
Shipping companies would take at least two months to resume operations in the Persian Gulf following a ceasefire in the region, according to the Eurasia Group.
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