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In recent days, the Trump administration has been wavering between claiming that the war is about to end and threatening to expand the scale of the war. The White House press secretary previously warned that if Iran does not abandon its nuclear ambitions and cease threats against the United States and its allies, Trump is "prepared to launch a devastating strike against them." According to officials, discussions within the Trump administration over the past month have involved the possibility of seizing the island of Khark (an important Iranian oil export hub in the Persian Gulf) and raiding other coastal areas near the Hormuz Strait to search for and destroy weapons that could be used to attack ships and military vessels. One source suggested that these targets under consideration may take "weeks rather than months" to complete, while another source believed that the possible timeline is "months." (The Washington Post).