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What could Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ entail?

Apr 7, 2026Center Right

President Donald Trump has given Iranian leaders until 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday to make a deal to stop or pause the war or else “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” The ominous threat from the president, roughly 12 hours before his latest deadline, is his most recent warning…

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