U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaking about Tuesday’s ultimatum with Iran during this morning’s event celebrating Easter at the White House:

“We are obliterating their country. And I hate to do it, but we're obliterating it. They just don't want to say ‘uncle.’ They don't want to cry as the expression goes ‘uncle,’ but they will. And if they don't, They'll have no bridges. They'll have no power plants. They'll have no anything. I won't go further because there are other things that are worse than those two. And we might have, well, the thing, if I had my choice, what would I like to do? Take the oil because it's there for the taking. There's not a thing they can do about it. Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. If it were up to me, I'd take the oil. I'd keep the oil. I would make plenty of money.“

The United States Armed Forces is making preparations for potential strikes on energy targets across Iran, as President Trump ratchets up his demand for Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz, with officials stating that an energy source could be considered a legitimate military target if it has been used for military purposes, such as providing fuel for mobile missile launchers, multiple U.S. officials tell the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump told reporters moments ago during a press conference, that if Iran does not make a deal by Tuesday at 8:00PM Eastern Time, then every bridge in Iran “will be decimated” and every power plant in Iran “will be out of business, burning, exploding, never to be used again,” within four hours of the deadline, or by 12:00AM on Wednesday.

Following claims earlier today by Iranian channels of a drone and missile attack Sunday night against several aircraft stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, CBS News is now reporting, citing U.S. officials, that 15 American servicemembers were injured in an Iranian one-way drone strike overnight on Ali Al Salem Air Base.

The United Kingdom will refuse to allow the United States to use its airbases, particularly RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia which long-range strategic bombers with the U.S. Air Force have previously utilized on a case-by-case basis to carry out strikes on Iran, for missions that target Iranian bridges, power plants, or other civilian infrastructure, citing concerns that such strikes could harm civilians and constitute war crimes, senior officials tell The i Paper.

Large fire seen currently burning at the Jubail Industrial City on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, following a ballistic missile and one-way drone attack tonight against the city by Iran.

Today at 1:57PM Eastern Time, the Astronauts aboard Artemis ll, currently on the far side of the Moon, became the farthest Humans have ever been from Earth, breaking the record set by the crew of Apollo 13 in 1970.