President Donald Trump said Tuesday that if he returns to 'finish the job' in Iran, he can destroy all bridges within an hour and all power plants within a day, according to reports. The statement follows a similar claim minutes earlier that the US could hit the same targets in two hours, as The Zioneer reported.
President Donald Trump, in a statement circulated via Telegram on Tuesday afternoon, claimed he can destroy all of Iran's bridges within an hour and all power plants within a day, according to a report. The remark returns to a one-hour timeline for bridges after a previous report had cited a two-hour figure, while omitting any reference to the Mount Makosh nuclear site.
Today's series of statements began at 15:39 Jerusalem, when N12 reported Trump telling Fox News he could destroy Iran's bridges in under an hour and warned the US would "take down Mount Makosh easily" if no nuclear deal is reached. At the same time, Yair Goldblatt's desk reported Trump claiming he can destroy all Iranian power stations within a day and bridges within an hour. At 15:59 Jerusalem, i24NEWS correspondent Amichai Stein reported Trump stating the US could hit all bridges in two hours and all power plants in a day, while again threatening the Mount Makosh site. The new Telegram statement appears to revert to the earlier one-hour claim for bridges.
The Zioneer has tracked weeks of escalating threats from Trump toward Iran, alternating between warnings of infrastructure destruction and signals of openness to a diplomatic resolution. Earlier reports, cited by The Zioneer, included Trump offering joint destruction of enriched uranium under American supervision if a deal is reached, and stating he could "complete the mission" in under a week. The narrowing of the timeline in today's statements suggests the president is intensifying pressure on Tehran.
It remains unclear whether the Telegram statement was issued directly by Trump or through a surrogate. No official Iranian response has been reported as of this writing.
5 developments
- DevelopingTrump says he can destroy all of Iran's bridges in an hour, shut down electricity in part of an afternoon
- DevelopingTrump claims he can 'finish the job' in Iran in under a week
- StrongTrump says 'good talks' with Iran, downplays Mount Makosh, warns of 'complete mission' if no deal
- DevelopingTrump boasts that a nuclear-armed Iran would have destroyed Israel within two hours
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