Donald Trump used Truth Social on Friday to post a video he said showed US strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, after Washington announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on Iran's new supreme leader and other senior figures linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The post placed the US president at the centre of another combustible turn in the conflict, with Kharg Island presented by Trump as both a military target and a warning shot in full public view.
The news came after Trump declared that American forces had 'totally obliterated every military target' on what he called Iran's 'crown jewel,' while saying the island's oil infrastructure had been spared for now. That distinction mattered because Kharg Island is not some obscure outpost but a vital hub for Iranian oil exports, which is precisely why Trump's language landed with such force.
