Iran Freezes Peace Discussion as Trump Warns "a Whole Civilization Will Die"
President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out “a whole civilization” if Iran's leaders don’t agree to his terms to open the Strait of Hormuz tonight, prompting Iran to call off talks and his political opponents to question his fitness and call for his removal from office.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” he wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform, Tuesday morning, 12 hours before his 8 p.m. deadline for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz. 'I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will."
The White House clarified Trump was not considering the use of nuclear weapons. “Only the president knows where things stand and what he will do,” his press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
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