Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Hit List: Now Featuring Power Plants and Bridges
KEY POINTS
- •President Trump gathered a top national security team, including VP JD Vance and Secretary Marco Rubio, on Tuesday for a Situation Room meeting.
- •During ongoing U.S. strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, Trump threatened to expand attacks to include power plants and bridges.
- •Despite multiple Iranian missile and drone retaliations on U.S. bases, 300 ships passed through the Strait with U.S. military coordination.
On Tuesday, President Trump summoned his Situation Room A-team — featuring unorthodox heavy hitters like VP JD Vance and Secretary Marco Rubio — to plan an 'expanded' strike on Iran bigger than the ongoing four-day U.S. air blitz near the Strait of Hormuz. Targets ranged from air defenses to drone launch pads—standard missiles 101, but wait, next week we’re apparently playing infrastructure demolition derby, with bridges and power plants on the chopping block. Trump ominously warned 'next week it gets really bad for them' while casually doubting if Iran’s secret 'Pickaxe Mountain' nuclear site is even active, promising bunker busters to dig deeper than their conspiracy theories. Oh, and while the U.S. blockade hit Iranian ports, Iran retaliated with drone and missile attacks on U.S. bases scattered like a bad game of whack-a-mole in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Meanwhile, 300 ships managed to sneak through the Strait despite the chaos, proving maritime traffic can resume with enough diplomatic coordination or maybe just dumb luck. As always, the White House refused to comment, leaving everyone to interpret intensified war plans as 'devastating strikes' with the vague hope that Iran might know a nuclear sit-down means fewer power outages than a bombed-out grid.
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(1 of 3)Trump’s playbook: turn up the heat, blow a few bridges, and maybe drill Pickaxe Mountain like it’s a weird geology project nobody signed up for.
Nothing says 'Let’s negotiate!' like threatening to knock out all your bridges and power plants next week. Sincerely, 2024 diplomacy.
Iran’s being told to ‘make a deal or get blackout drunk’ after Trump threatens a power grid crippling spree. Effective strategy or tweet-fueled tantrum?
Source: Axios | Published: 7/15/2026 | Author: Barak Ravid
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