United States President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up Iran’s bridges and power plants if Tehran does not agree to open up the Strait of Hormuz by early morning local time on Wednesday, in a profanity-laced post on his Truth Social platform.“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!,” he wrote, before turning to abusive language.This is just the latest in a series of deadlines that Trump has laid out – and then deferred – since March 21, when he first threatened to blow up Iran’s electricity plants and energy facilities. But on each occasion, he cited negotiations that he claimed were ongoing with Iran to seek either the opening of the strait – talks that Tehran has repeatedly denied were happening – to justify pushing back his announced deadlines.On Sunday night, Trump issued a specific new deadline: 8pm ET on Tuesday (00:00 GMT, Wednesday), which works out to 3:30am local time in Iran on Wednesday.With less than two days left, mediators, including Pakistan, Egypt and Turkiye, are attempting to secure at least a partial breakthrough to at least postpone, if not end, the risks of a further military escalatio …
