Donald Trump: ""bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant""

Oil prices surged to their highest point in nearly six weeks on Wednesday, with Brent crude topping $93 a barrel, as escalating conflict between the United States and Iran raised fears of supply disruptions through key Middle Eastern waterways. The U.S. military carried out an eleventh straight night of strikes against Iranian targets, while Kuwait reported intercepting Iranian drones. In response to threats against shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump stated that any Iranian attack on a vessel there would be met with a retaliatory strike on Iranian infrastructure. Simultaneously, Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia has warned it will target oil tankers linked to Saudi Arabia, Israel, or the United States in the Bab el‑Mandeb strait, prompting several tankers to divert and Asian refiners to seek alternative routes. The dual threats to the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb have deepened market concerns over tight near-term oil supply.