Jordan Daily - U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his administration’s military posture on Saturday, issuing a 48-hour ultimatum to Tehran to "fully open" the Strait of Hormuz. Writing on social media, Trump warned that failure to remove threats to the strategic waterway would result in the "obliteration" of Iran’s power infrastructure, specifically targeting the nation’s largest power plants.
The directive follows weeks of maritime instability that have effectively halted shipping through the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, through which approximately 20% of global crude and liquefied natural gas (LNG) normally transits.
