[The Trump Administration Once Discussed Seizing Kharg Island] BlockBeats News, March 29: According to a report by *The Washington Post*, the Trump administration has recently wavered between declaring that the war is nearing its end and threatening to escalate the scale of the conflict. The White House press secretary previously warned that if Iran does not abandon its nuclear ambitions and cease its threats against the U.S. and its allies, Trump is 'prepared to launch a devastating strike' against it. According to U.S. officials, over the past month, the Trump administration internally discussed the possibility of 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 search for and destroy weapons that could be used to attack merchant ships and warships. According to monitoring by PolyBeats, the prediction market Polymarket currently estimates a 3% probability that Kharg Island will no longer be under Iranian control by the end of this month, and a 30% probability that it will no longer be under Iranian control by the end of April.