Trump Unleashes an F-Bomb on Iran

President Trump doubled down on his threat to escalate attacks on Iran in remarkably blunt fashion on Sunday:

• "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F---kin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell—JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." For the record, Trump spelled out his f-bomb in the Truth Social post. It comes a day after the president vowed to rain down "all hell" on the nation, reports the Hill.

Monday marks the end of a 10-day deadline Trump previously gave Iran to open the strait, notes Axios. The new threat on Truth Social amplifies Trump's earlier warning that the US would bomb Iran back to the "stone ages" by going after its energy, water, and oil infrastructure. Tehran has accused him of plotting war crimes and vowed to respond in kind against infrastructure in Israel and Gulf states. The two sides have engaged in indirect talks via Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, but mediators report no real movement.