President Trump decided the time for checkmate was approaching.
Trump wasn’t going to accept anything less than victory.
And Trump’s ticking clock ultimatum just sent this enemy into full panic mode.
As Conservative Reboot reports:
Operation Epic Fury saw the American military completely destroy Iran’s military capability.
Their Navy sits at the bottom of the sea, and their air defenses no longer exist.
Iran stands no chance on the conventional field of battle.
The only move Iran could make was to shut down the Strait of Hormuz.
20 percent of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran shutting down the Strait sent oil surging over $100 a barrel.
The price of gasoline in the United States shot up over 80 cents a gallon, reaching an average nationwide price of over $3.90 a gallon.
Iran’s regime calculated that inflicting enough economic pain would sap domestic political support and force President Trump to end the war before accomplishing his military objectives.
President Trump put Iran on notice that he wasn’t kidding.
Trump posted on Truth Social that if Iran didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the United States would be bombing Iran’s power grid and plunge the country into the Stone Age, technologically speaking.
Iran’s largest power plant was number one on the target list.
“If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump wrote.
The Iranian regime responded by saying that if America bombed its power grid, it would target similar infrastructure in neighboring Gulf States.
“Immediately after the power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, the critical infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and oil facilities throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be destroyed in an irreversible manner, and the price of oil will remain high for a long time,” a regime statement read.
An Iranian state news agency also released a target map showing Iran would bomb desalination plants.
Iranian news agency Mehr warns Gulf states to “say goodbye to electricity” after Trump’s threat, publishing map of power plants across UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Gulf coast, saying any strike on Iran’s grid would plunge region into darkness pic.twitter.com/on4QnK0ZSW
— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) March 22, 2026
Desalination plants convert salt water into fresh drinking water.
If Iran hits these plants, the Middle East becomes uninhabitable overnight, as 100 million people would lose access to fresh drinking water.
Iran’s threats, so why is President Trump moving to end this war as quickly as possible with a victory?