TRUMP: THE US WILL BE HITTING IRAN VERY HARD TONIGHT

TRUMP: WILL TAKE KHARG ISLAND AND OIL INFRASTRUCTURE

(Trump relentlessly posting bear posts at the support? What are the chances? )

BESSENT: IRAN WILL LOSE THE ZERO-SUM GAME IT IS PLAYING

ANY DAMAGE TO GULF ALLIES WILL BE PAID WITH IRAN FUNDS: BESSENT

US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: ANY TOLLS PAID TO THE PERSIAN GULF STRAIT AUTHORITY WILL BE OFFSET BY FUNDS EXTRACTED FROM THEIR ACCOUNTS

TRUMP ON IRAN: MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO TAKE KHARG ISLAND

TRUMP ON IRAN: NOT SURE THE US HAS THE APPETITE FOR IT

TRUMP: I'M NOT FRUSTRATED OVER IRAN

TRUMP: IRAN NOT GOOD AT FIGHTING

TRUMP ON IRAN: I'D LIKE TO REACH A DEAL NOW

TRUMP ON IRAN: WOULD LIKE TO GET A DEAL NOW LESS

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TRUMP SAYS HE WILL REMEMBER KURDS 'LET US DOWN

TRUMP: IRAN IS FINISHED

Maybe time now)

IRAN STATE MEDIA: ALL COMPANIES OWNED BY ELON MUSK CONSIDERED MILITARY TARGETS: CNBC

U.S. military officials did significant planning to seize Kharg Island this spring. Both taking and holding Kharg came with significant risk of American fatalities: washingtonpost reporter

"they quite often very accurately tell you what they're going to do": Sarah Paine

US WEIGHS KHARG ISLAND OPTION AS ENDGAME SCENARIO: CNN

The view inside the White House and Pentagon is that taking Kharg Island — or wiping out the island’s energy infrastructure — would effectively bankrupt Iran and diminish its capabilities to the point of it being unable to continue in the war, the administration officials said.