{"id":206802,"date":"2026-04-07T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ahead-of-his-latest-strait-of-hormuz-deadline-trump-threatens-irans-energy-infrastructure-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:14:36","slug":"ahead-of-his-latest-strait-of-hormuz-deadline-trump-threatens-irans-energy-infrastructure-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ahead-of-his-latest-strait-of-hormuz-deadline-trump-threatens-irans-energy-infrastructure-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of his latest Strait of Hormuz deadline, Trump threatens Iran's energy infrastructure – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

news Alerts
There are no new alerts at this time
President Donald Trump has threatened major strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges ahead of his latest deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Subscribe to read this story ad-free
Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.
He used an expletive, referred to Islam and described Iran’s leadership as “crazy bastards” Sunday on Truth Social, repeating past threats if Iran misses the deadline.
Trump has previously threatened to bomb Iran\u2019s energy infrastructure before he delayed action, citing what he says are ongoing negotiations. On March 21, Trump said Iran had a 48-hour deadline to open the strait \u201cwithout threat\u201d or the U.S. would \u201chit and obliterate\u201d its power plants.
He then extended an initial five-day deadline to Monday before he warned Iran on Saturday that it had 48 hours to make a deal or “all Hell will reign down upon them.”
On Sunday, Trump posted, “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for clarification on the deadline.
An attack on civilian infrastructure can be considered a war crime under international law.
Responding to Trump’s post on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said rhetoric from the administration had been “embarrassing and juvenile.”
He told moderator Kristen Welker: “People see this president as having blundered into a war with no clear rationale, and there’s no amount of cursing or boasting or tough talk that will cover up for the fact that this president didn’t have a rationale and he doesn’t really have a plan.”
In an interview with Axios<\/a>, Trump said that there was a “good chance” that the U.S. and Iran could come to a deal by Tuesday but added that “if they don\u2019t make a deal, I am blowing up everything over there.”
He made similar comments in an ABC News interview<\/a>, saying that if Iran does not come to a deal, “we’re blowing up the whole country.”
Iran has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz,<\/a> a trade route through which 20% of the world\u2019s oil passes, by striking ships in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n

Rising energy, shipping and fertilizer costs<\/a> fueled by Tehran\u2019s stranglehold on the strait are already being felt in the U.S. and around the world, with sharper consequences expected to fall on poorer, import-dependent countries.
While Iran has denied holding direct or indirect negotiations with the U.S. and rejected calls for a ceasefire, the two sides have acknowledged having exchanged messages through intermediaries. It is unclear whether anything has resulted from the discussions, with thousands more U.S. troops arriving in the Middle East last week as the war continues to escalate.
Trump has repeatedly signaled he is looking to draw the conflict to an end within weeks, and he has made conflicting statements about whether he could end the war without reopening the strait, which he has said the U.S. “doesn’t need.”
In an address Wednesday, he said that “the countries of the world that do receive oil” through the strait should “grab it and cherish it.”
Iran has insisted the strait remains open to vessels from friendly countries, with a reduced number of ships having safely made the passage during the conflict. In March, Iranian media reports \u200cquoted Iran\u2019s representative to the U.N. maritime agency as saying vessels except those linked to “Iran’s enemies” would be allowed through.
Shipping industry experts say some ships are being charged millions of dollars to transit, with some oil tankers forced to take a new route<\/a> in the Strait of Hormuz through a narrow passage controlled by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, <\/strong>according to maritime data shared with NBC News.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
Megan Lebowitz is a politics reporter for NBC News.
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timePresident Donald Trump has threatened major strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges ahead of his latest deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.He used an expletive, referred to Islam and described Iran’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-206802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}