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During his dystopian primetime address to the nation on Wednesday, President Trump threatened that if Iran doesn’t make a deal, “we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously.”
“There's not a thing they could do about it,” he added.
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Those comments prompted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to post the “back to the Stone Age” tweet you can see at the top of this post. And Trump went even further on Thursday, first in a Truth Social post bragging about blowing up a bridge (a strike that reportedly killed at least eight civilians) and then in another post threatening even worse crimes to come.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.comTrump: “The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — Much more to follow! IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, AND THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF WHAT STILL COULD BECOME A GREAT COUNTRY! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:46:52 GMT
View on BlueskyAs former State Department lawyer Brian Finucane pointed out when Trump made a similar threat days earlier, attacking civilian infrastructure as part of a punishment campaign is a textbook war crime.
