Pentagon cancels Tuesday press briefing with Caine, Hegseth

A scheduled press briefing set to take place at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at the Pentagon has been canceled.

The briefing, which was to be conducted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alongside Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, was set to come just 12 hours before a deadline set by President Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face bombardment on powerplant and bridge facilities.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday.

“Open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

A reason for the cancellation of Tuesday’s press briefing was not provided.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major international shipping channel used to export oil from the Middle East, has destabilized global oil markets as Iran has severely limited the traffic that can pass through. As a result, gas prices and other costs have skyrocketed over the past six weeks, as the U.S. has been engaged in the conflict.

Earlier Monday, Trump appeared alongside Hegseth and Caine during a White House press briefing on Iran, where they discussed objectives as well as the extraction of an American airman who had been forced to eject from a fighter jet over Iran and had to be rescued Sunday.

Trump did not provide a clear message on what he would do if Iran did not meet the requirements imposed by his deadline. But he did talk about a possible plan “where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business — burning, exploding and never to be used again. I mean, complete demolition by 12 o’clock.”

Filip Timotija contributed to this report.

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