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Trump threatened heavy strikes on Iran whenever commercial vessels were hit in the Strait of Hormuz or the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and posted on July 22 that the U.S. would bomb one bridge or power plant for each attack on a ship.

multiple outlets, traced to a single source · Attributed statement · first recorded Aug 20, 1:30 AM

Although several outlets carry this claim, their reporting traces back to a single shared source — so it counts as one confirmation, not several.

How each outlet reported it