The Trump Administration Once Discussed Seizing Imber Island

March 29th, per a report from The Washington Post, the Trump administration has in recent days oscillated between declaring the war is on the verge of ending and threatening to escalate it. A White House press secretary previously warned that if Iran does not abandon its nuclear ambitions and cease threats to the U.S. and its allies, Trump is "prepared to launch a devastating strike against it." U.S. officials note that over the past month, the Trump administration has internally discussed seizing Kharg Island (a key Iranian oil export hub in the Persian Gulf) and conducting raids on other coastal areas near the Strait of Hormuz to locate and destroy weapons that could target merchant ships and naval vessels. Per PolyBeats monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket, the probability Kharg Island will no longer be under Iranian control is 3% by month’s end and 30% by April’s end. [Note: The original link to PolyBeats (https://t.me/PolyBeats_Bot) is retained as referenced in the original text.]