President Trump said that he would "obliterate" Iran's electricity plants if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz

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NYT -“Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Is Defiant After Trump Threatens Power Plants
President Trump said that he would “obliterate” Iran’s electricity plants if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Iran dismissed the ultimatum as its missiles hit southern Israel, including near the country’s main nuclear research center.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/22/world/iran-war-oil-trump?smid=nytcore-ios-share


AND Iran’s response: NYT:
Ebrahim Zolfaghari, an Iranian military spokesman, vowed that if energy sites were attacked, Iran would target more infrastructure in the region used by Israel, the United States and American allies, including “fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure.” He added that the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil supply route, would be “completely closed” until any damaged Iranian power plants were rebuilt, in a statement reported by state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the state broadcaster.

“Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, warned on Sunday that attacks on Iranian critical infrastructure would mean that “energy and oil facilities across the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be irreversibly destroyed.” The result, he said on social media, would be a spike in global oil prices that have already climbed by about 50 percent during the war.“

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/22/world/iran-war-oil-trump/iran-response-trump-threat-power-plants?smid=url-share

[Prairie Gates]

1. Trump's been reduced to having temper tantrums on social media

A humiliating display for the United States of America.

[Kaleva]

6. Yep!

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

“The Islamic Republic of Iran did not start this war, but it will not hesitate in defending its people and its land,” the country’s first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, said in a statement reported by Mehr, a semiofficial news agency. He added that Iran “will determine when and how this war will end.”

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, an Iranian military spokesman, vowed that if energy sites were attacked, Iran would target more infrastructure in the region used by Israel, the United States and American allies, including “fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure.” He added that the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil supply route, would be “completely closed” until any damaged Iranian power plants were rebuilt, in a statement reported by state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the state broadcaster.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, warned on Sunday that attacks on Iranian critical infrastructure would mean that “energy and oil facilities across the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be irreversibly destroyed.” The result, he said on social media, would be a spike in global oil prices that have already climbed by about 50 percent during the war.

Mr. Aref — who narrowly escaped being killed in an Israeli bombing this month, according to Iranian news media — said that Mr. Trump’s threats to destroy civilian infrastructure “showed the real target of these policies is directly the Iranian people themselves.”

“Attacking a nation’s vital infrastructure means a direct threat against its people and a clear violation of humanitarian principles and international law,” he said. “An attack on Iran’s infrastructure will create widespread blackouts in the region.”

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3. Is there a Countdown Clock somewhere?

[Whip-poor-will]

4. End

Maybe Cuba could swoop in while he's out on the course, blow away his security, fly him to Cuba and try him for war crimes.

Worked for Venezuela

[AloeVera]

5. That's CIVILIAN infrastructure, a clear war crime.

Where is the outrage from the G7, the EU, our esteemed Western leaders, and the Arab client states? Oh right, they lost all moral authority and cover for their hypocrisy in the ASHES of Gaza and international law!

[Frasier Balzov]

8. What if it's a Trump branded property?

[AloeVera]

9. WWIII.

[malaise]

11. THIS

Silence is consent

[Mossfern]

7. Goddam it!

Impeach him already!!!

Trump is an insane megalomaniac.
Aghhhh..... I can't take this any more.
My mental health needs a break from this.

I fear for my children and grand children.
WTF are Republicans thinking? Do they not see the consequences of their actions?

[Wuddles440]

10. Right out of Putin's playbook.