President Donald Trump posted a menacing reminder of his April 6 deadline he set for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
“Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” Trump wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social. “Time is running out — 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.”
It wasn’t immediately clear if spelling the word “reign” and not “rain” was intentional.
The president added, “Glory be to GOD!”
Trump originally gave Iran a two-day timeframe last month to reopen the strait, a pivotal global shipping lane that the country effectively shut down in response to being bombed by the U.S. and Israel. The closure of the strait, which provides passage for about a fifth of the world’s oil and a fifth of the world’s natural gas, has made oil prices skyrocket worldwide.
Trump wrote in a March 21 Truth Social post that the U.S. would “hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” if Iran didn’t open the strait.
He subsequently announced he was “pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction,” and would give Iran until April 6 at 8 p.m. Eastern time.