Trump threatens to target Iran's bridges and power plants if Hormuz attacks persist

What happened

Donald Trump says the US will respond any time Iranian forces shoot at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The trump backdrop

BBC places this within a longer arc of developments around trump, threatens, target, iran, bridges.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Our trump read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of trump, threatens, target, iran, bridges: Donald Trump says the US will respond any time Iranian forces shoot at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.