Trump Threatens Iran: Power Plant Day & Bridge Day

0:00It's April 5th. From coast to coast, this is U.S. News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. President Trump dropped a fiery, true social post on Easter Sunday, threatening to hit Iran's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if they don't reopen. The Strait of Hormuz. He called it Power Plant Day and Bridge Day all in one, telling them to open the damn straight or face hell and ended with Praise be to Allah. The Strait has been shut down since U.S. and Israel strikes, kicked off the war more than a month ago, on February 28th. Trump also announced the Monday news conference after U.S. forces rescued two pilots from a downed F-15 East Strike Eagle deep in Iranian. Mountains, one seriously wounded but brave, the other pulled out in broad daylight. Meanwhile, Iran claims they shot down that jet, plus an A-10 attack plane, a transport, and two helicopters during the rescue. U.S. sources say they blew up their own planes due to malfunctions to keep things covert. Both sides of hammered civilian spots, like oil fields and water plants, sparking war

1:02crime warnings amid thousands dead. The conflict is killed over 1900 in Iran alone, plus dozens in Gulf states. The West Bank, Israel, and Lebanon were over 1,400 are gone and a million displaced. Fuel prices are spiking, markets shaking, and Gulf infrastructure, like power and petrol can plants, took hits from drones. Diplomacy's pushing hard with Oman, Egypt, and Pakistan mediating talks for ceasefire and straight access. Trump's deadline hits 9 p.m. Eastern Monday, but past threats got extended. If it blows up, expect more chaos from Iranian allies hitting key shipping lanes worldwide.