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Trump tells nation U.S. will hit Iran 'extremely hard' for two to three more weeks

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In his first national address of the war, Trump said core objectives were "nearing completion" but vowed to strike Iran "extremely hard over the next two to three weeks," to take it "back to the stone ages," and, if no deal is reached, to hit "every one of their electric generating plants" and possibly its oil industry. He told countries that rely on Gulf oil to "go to the strait and just take it" and did not mention his April 6 Hormuz deadline; Brent jumped 5% to $106.22 in Asian trading afterward.

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The speech signaled more escalation rather than an exit and previewed the threat against Iran's power grid that became his Tuesday ultimatum.

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