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Trump Names Pickaxe Mountain as Strike Target If Iran Talks Fail

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Trump Names Pickaxe Mountain as Strike Target If Iran Talks Fail

⏱️ TARGETS — Trump names Pickaxe Mountain with a deal deadline now attached. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Previously Trump threatened Pickaxe without active talks; now it's tied to a live Oman channel. Naming the nuclear site publicly forces any deal to cover Iran's nuclear posture, not just Hormuz. Oman's mandate likely didn't include nuclear terms. If Trump inserts them now, Thursday's deadline gets harder than the pause framing suggested.

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