Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’Middle East crisis – live updatesSome US politicians have reacted with alarm and questioned the US president’s mental state after Donald Trump issued an abusive, expletive-laden threat to Iran in which he called on the…
We get the latest analysis on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Parsi discusses the increasing “desperation” of U.S. strategy, Iran’s long-term economic control over the Strait of Hormuz and growing “hawkishness,” and the dangerous possibility of nuclear warfare.
The US president says he will destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the vital waterway is not reopened.
Donald Trump, rather than attend Easter mass, let loose a vulgar Truth Social post Sunday morning warning Iran that bombings targeting the country’s infrastructure were coming on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened. In response, Iran on Monday firmly rejected Trump’s 15-point peace plan. Meanwhile, Iranian embassies around the world have been…
President Trump on Sunday morning raged against Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike the country’s infrastructure and urging Tehran to “open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy bastards.” “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F—in’…
Multiple congressional Democrats went after President Donald Trump on Easter Sunday over his recent threats against Iran, calling them “unhinged” and questioning his mental fitness. Trump amped up his rhetoric against Iran over the weekend, sending out numerous Truth Social posts calling on Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or else face attacks on…
