Trump threatens to 'blow up' Kharg Island and Iranian energy sites if deal not reached 'shortly'

US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on March 30 claiming the US was in 'serious discussions' with a 'new and more reasonable regime' to end its war on Iran. He threatened to 'obliterate' Iran's civilian infrastructure if no deal is reached 'shortly' and if the Strait of Hormuz is not immediately 'open for business.' Trump's exact post: 'Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately Open for Business, we will conclude our lovely stay in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet touched. This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime's 47 year Reign of Terror.' Targets explicitly listed: ALL electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg Island, and possibly all desalination plants. The specific mention of desalination plants mirrors Iran's own strikes on Kuwait's desalination infrastructure. The condition triggering the threat is Hormuz not being reopened. Trump describes the Iranian interlocutors as a 'new and more reasonable regime' — an implicit claim of regime change — contradicting Rubio's more cautious framing on the same day.