
President Trump openly acknowledged that rising fuel and fertilizer prices are a conscious policy choice tied to the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, including a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, while rebranding the conflict as a 'military exercise' and claiming regime change in Tehran. The convergence of a blockaded Iran, surging global energy costs, and open US military entanglement in the Middle East marks a dramatic escalation of the regional war long foretold to precede the end-time judgments centred on Israel. Scripture repeatedly warns of wars, economic upheaval, and nations in distress as birth pangs of the last days, with the Persian region — ancient Iran — featuring prominently in prophetic texts such as Ezekiel 38.