President Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran on Saturday night, threatening to destroy Iranian power plants if the country does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deadline represents a dramatic escalation in the ongoing crisis that has disrupted global oil shipments through the critical waterway.
The threat marks a sharp reversal from Trump's position just 24 hours earlier, when he suggested potentially "winding down" the conflict without resolving the strait's closure. The change signals that the Hormuz crisis has become an issue the administration cannot abandon, despite previous considerations of an exit strategy.