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WATCH: Leavitt slaps down critics who called Trump's Iran threat a bluff

Apr 8, 2026Right

Karoline Leavitt says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was not a bluff, claiming it forced Iran to agree to a two-week ceasefire deal.

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Alarm among military observers after president says ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran ignores demandsUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump’s Tuesday morning comments threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran have raised alarms among…

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Republicans in Congress largely stayed silent, while dozens of Democrats called for President Trump to be removed from office after he threatened "a whole civilization will die tonight."

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George Clooney calls Trump's Iran threat a 'war crime'

Actor George Clooney condemned President Trump on Wednesday over his Truth Social warning that "a whole civilization" could be destroyed, calling the statement a war crime and expressing concern about the future of NATO.

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