US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iranian power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz was opened within 48 hours. Trump said in a post on the Truth Social platform: “If Iran does not completely open the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours from now, the United States will strike and destroy its power plants, starting with the largest.” The Trump administration is considering military plans to control, or impose a naval blockade on, the Iranian island of Kharg, in an escalation aimed at pressuring Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to the American news site Axios, citing informed sources.