Trump says he can obliterate Iran in four hours

The rhetoric has become more and more belligerent and apocalyptic. Now Donald Trump is warning he can destroy every bridge and power station in Iran in four hours if the Tehran regime - what's left of it - doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Will the surviving leaders in Iran give in, facing such a massive blow to the whole country's existence or will they bluff it out, suspecting the US president will do no such thing. The brinkmanship game being played out from the White House means that no one knows what will happen. Has Trump actually ordered the US military to destroy every bridge and power station? Is it even legal to carry out such an operation? As far as we know, the main leaders in Iran right now are the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the speaker of the Iranian parliament and possibly the head of the Basij police militia force. The new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is lying unconscious in a hospital in Qom, according to The Times today. So who is going to make the decision whether to give in to Trump or suffer the consequences by retaining control of the Strait of Hormuz? This is a critical moment for Iran and for the war. If Trump does give the order, will he also authorise a ground war while Iran suffers the biggest blackout in history? We may or may not know the answer this week. PLEASE BUY AGENT REDRUTH, MY NEW SPY THRILLER. AMAZON, WATERSTONES, ROWANVALE BOOKS.