President Donald Trump has declared a standing policy, according to a report by Amit Segal (N12): the United States will bomb a bridge or a power plant each time Iran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement, made Wednesday, marks an escalation from an earlier conditional threat reported by The Zioneer, framing the response as automatic rather than discretionary.
President Donald Trump has declared a standing policy that the United States will bomb a bridge or a power plant every time Iran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Amit Segal (N12) on Wednesday.
The Zioneer reported earlier (Wed 15:59) that Trump had threatened to bomb bridges and power plants in or near Tehran if Iran struck Hormuz shipping. The new report attributes to Trump a more expansive and automatic trigger — 'from now on, we will bomb a bridge or a power plant every time Iran fires at a vessel' — suggesting a shift from a conditional warning to a stated operational doctrine.
It remains unclear whether the policy has been formally adopted by the U.S. military or is a rhetorical escalation. The Strait of Hormuz has been a flashpoint in U.S.-Iran tensions, with repeated threats from Tehran to disrupt shipping and U.S. warnings of retaliation.
3 developments
- ConfirmedTrump details US strikes on Iran near Hormuz; warns larger attack could 'leave very little' of Iran
- DevelopingTrump says Iran not ready for a deal but will be soon; threatens to destroy bridges, power plants near Tehran if Hormuz attacks continue
- DevelopingTrump warns Iran of 'much worse' strikes if Hormuz shipping attacks continue
- StrongTrump declares 'strike equation' for any ship attacked in Hormuz or Bab el-Mandeb, reports say
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