WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States would destroy a bridge or power plant inside Iran for every Iranian attack on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, introducing a specific infrastructure-for-ship retaliatory formula as the two countries' conflict entered its third week.

The threat, posted on Truth Social in capital letters, moved beyond the ongoing US military campaign against Iranian military assets. "Any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the capital city of Tehran," Tru...