begin with breaking news. Tonight, Donald Trump is walking back his threat to obliterate Iran's

power infrastructure. In a social media post, the president said he is extending the negotiation

deadline 10 days at the request of the Iranian government. A reminder, Iranians have denied

that direct talks with the United States are happening at all.

Trump's announcement was made 11 minutes after the closing bell on what was Wall Street's worst day since the start of the war.

And the extension comes as the president is reportedly getting impatient with the war that he started.

Axios reports the Pentagon is developing military options for a quote-unquote final blow in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign. That's according to two

U.S. officials and two sources with knowledge. Tomorrow is the first surge of 2,200 U.S. troops

and the first surge that is expected to arrive in the region.

At his cabinet meeting today, Donald Trump downplayed Iran's capabilities issuing this ultimatum.

We'll see if they want to do it. If they don't, with their worst nightmare.

In the meantime, we'll just keep blowing them away,

unimpeded, unstopped.

There's not a thing they can do about it.

They can't do anything about it.

So any resolution to this conflict,

does Iran remain in some sort of control

of the Strait of Hormuz?

I believe they do.

They will.

Yeah, unless there's a regime change, unless we go in and we decide that, you know, all out,

the only way that this comes out in our favor is to remove theocracy in Tehran.

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