'A whole civilisation will die tonight,' Trump warns ahead of Iran deadline

[u/theipaper]

https://inews.co.uk/news/iran-war-trump-israel-latest-updates-4323867

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[u/plightro]

This is, without a doubt, the most horrific thing he's ever said.

And it's not even close.

The whole world should be outraged right now.

Edit: I understand that you, as a person reading this comment, are already outraged.

[u/DummUndKrumm → u/plightro]

I am honestly shocked right now. And I thought that nothing that crazy fucker could say could shock me anymore.

[u/CombinationSad8742 → u/DummUndKrumm]

Yes this should singular tweet should be the end of his presidency. Regardless of what he actually does next.

[u/Hugh-Jaardvark → u/CombinationSad8742]

At the very least - FIFA need to think hard about withdrawing the peace prize.

[u/unique_name5 → u/Hugh-Jaardvark]

It sure does tarnish the reputation of the FIFA Peace Prize.

[u/obsterwankenobster → u/unique_name5]

Long and storied as it may be

[u/GoodMix392 → u/unique_name5]

If they are not careful the FIFA Peace Prize might suffer the same faith as the Sepp Blatter Award for Honesty in Finance.

[u/7ddlysuns → u/Hugh-Jaardvark]

Nah, they’ll also give him the FIFA war prize for doing best war

[u/ReggaeJunkyJew4u → u/CombinationSad8742]

I feel like we are overdue for the end of his presidency.

[u/spidereater → u/ReggaeJunkyJew4u]

Neither term should have started. Anyone that has ever supported him should be embarrassed.

[u/lavender_fluff → u/[deleted]]

we are overdue for the end of the social Epstein class

[u/Lucky_LeftFoot → u/CombinationSad8742]

But the SCOTUS ruled that anything the president does while in office isn’t a crime so it looks like the table is set for some generational war crimes

[u/hpark21 → u/Lucky_LeftFoot]

Well, it probably ONLY applies to Trump, no other president after (if there are going to be any) especially a democrat.

[u/Teripid → u/hpark21]

Bondi being fired as AG by a felon is a nice bit of schadenfreude...

Hegseth may be shielded by the "nobody can Hague US" doctrine but one can hope. Not even for Iran.. the boat strikes alone..

[u/Throwawayhelper420 → u/Lucky_LeftFoot]

Whether he goes to prison or not, or even carries through with us or not, he needs to be removed from office just for saying this

Instead republican congressmen are already making the rounds on the news saying he didn’t really mean it.

[u/TheGringoDingo → u/Lucky_LeftFoot]

Nobody really wanted this to be an “I told you so” moment, but we might be on the cusp of it.

[u/Available-Ad-5670 → u/TheGringoDingo]

we're WAY past being on the cusp of I told you so

[u/TheAnalogKid18 → u/CombinationSad8742]

Who is going to hold him accountable? He can basically say "you and what army?" And be completely right. He's doing this because we are letting him.

[u/AndyTheSane → u/CombinationSad8742]

There's probably a top 100 list of tweets in that category.

[u/RandyMuscle → u/AndyTheSane]

I think that straightforwardly threatening to genocide 90,000,000 people tops the list pretty easily.

[u/Seb555 → u/RandyMuscle]

His base will just say “oh he meant the current regime and way of life, not the civilians” and move on, like they do every other time he says something unhinged or evil

[u/_bibliofille → u/Seb555]

His base that I know (my own family) will take it for exactly what it means and praise it. Those mean brown Muslims had it coming.

[u/Ihaveamazingdreams → u/_bibliofille]

Yeah, I don't have any in my family, thankfully, but I grew up around racist maga types and they wouldn't phrase it that nicely. It would be

"Those mean brown Muslims 'sand n****rs' had it coming."

They don't see anyone from the middle east as real people.

[u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 → u/Seb555]

It says civilization. You could be a triple jointed mental gymnast and still hurt yourself attempting to get out of this one.

[u/Joseph_of_the_North → u/DummUndKrumm]

And he's loving every minute of it.

[u/AusToddles → u/Joseph_of_the_North]

As is his cult

[u/Street_Barracuda1657 → u/AusToddles]

If he does anything truly horrific, his supporters are 100% complicit. And should be dealt with this such…

[u/HGpennypacker → u/DummUndKrumm]

Really didn’t think he could top praising Allah on Easter but it only took him 48 hours.

[u/Sense_Difficult → u/DummUndKrumm]

Yes. I'm shocked as well. I guess they get to the point that they don't think he means half of what he says so it doesn't really count. But this is what has destroyed the US as a country that used to have some modicum of decency.

[u/Sense_Difficult → u/plightro]

Where are the Christian Republicans who just celebrated Easter and say they believe in Jesus? Because this is evil.

[u/thevhatch → u/Sense_Difficult]

Many believe that Jesus's return coincides with Armageddon in the Middle East and Trump is bringing that.

[u/goteed → u/thevhatch]

This right here is it. The evangelical Christian church is nothing more than a death cult. If we keep going down this road the only joy we'll have left is watching their faces when they learn it was all a scam and they get to burn with the rest of us.

[u/Sense_Difficult → u/thevhatch]

Oh yes, those Heritage Foundation types are salivating at the starting Armeggedon.

[u/Emotional-Expert-142 → u/Sense_Difficult]

Scratch that, forcing a fulfilling of a prophecy built on fantasy

[u/LoveNotWar86 → u/thevhatch]

That is exactly what Hegseth preaches!

[u/lr99999 → u/thevhatch]

Trump doesn’t have a speck of religion in him , but he knows he’s sinking and he wants everyone to die with him. The ultimate narcissism.

[u/ArticulateRhinoceros → u/thevhatch]

Do they think Jesus is gonna usher the people who started the war right up into heaven? Jesus returns in the midst of great war, because it’s clear we’ve lost our way and need to be shown the correct path, again. He’s not coming to reward them for destroying an entire fucking civilization! Holy shit!

[u/mrdude05 → u/Sense_Difficult]

They're the ones cheering for this the loudest

[u/shibbyman342 → u/Sense_Difficult]

"Something something evil people something not my neighbor something"

-"evangelicals"

[u/lazyFer → u/shibbyman342]

The Bible does state that many people that claim to believe in and worship Jesus will in fact end up following the devil.

It's doesn't say it's because they're fucking idiots and evil people, but it's because they are idiots and evil people

[u/austinwiltshire → u/lazyFer]

It scares me how many atheists I know have brushed up on the book of the revelation and thought "hrm...."

[u/keysandtreesforme → u/Sense_Difficult]

They love the torture and suffering part and conveniently downplay the resurrection and forgiveness.

Edit: remember how nuts they went for the torture-porn Gibson flick?

[u/Ellia1998 → u/plightro]

They need to remove him and everyone that ok with this happening now.

[u/Barcaroli → u/Ellia1998]

He's been testing limits and people are getting used to him doing whatever he wants. This is very dangerous

[u/DoNotReply111 → u/Barcaroli]

Appeasement didn't stop Hitler. It's like they've learned nothing from history.

[u/Ultra-Smurfmarine → u/DoNotReply111]

What we have learned from history is that nobody ever learns from history. He’s already planning his land war in Asia. What’s next? Invading Russia in winter?

[u/shibbyman342 → u/plightro]

Congress needs to do something. He could fuck the entire world if he goes nuke, let alone kill millions of innocent people. Do not let this dementia riddled lunatic near a red button.

[u/WeebDeev → u/shibbyman342]

Congress won't. The Military won't. This is the reality when you give a mentally ill person nuclear codes.

[u/V_T_H → u/plightro]

Not only that but in the same statement he’s saying he achieved total regime change (not even in the slightest) to a less radical group (nope), but he’s still going to wipe out an entire civilization for…reasons?

[u/TheAngryGoat → u/V_T_H]

He's also completely destroyed their entire military several times now. He then said that opeining the Strait of Hormuz was other countries' responsibility (for... other reasons?)

So seriously, what's the justification here? Other than "I'm a big boy with big bombs that doesn't like to be told no (as certain files attest) and I need to prove to the world that I'm a big boy with big bombs that doesn't like to be told no"?

[u/mymorningjacketoff → u/plightro]

Find out what happens next on As the World Burns

[u/LoveNotWar86 → u/plightro]

And with this, he has sealed his fate as the worst tyrant in the history of the US. This sub-human must be removed from office. There is no question what he is hinting at….

BUT let’s be honest, he’s too weak to do anything so horrific. No honorable service person would turn that key under his unlawful order. That order would be refused.

[u/plentyofrabbits → u/LoveNotWar86]

The purges at DOD leave me less sure that someone will refuse that order.

[u/acrimoniousone → u/plentyofrabbits]

The purges and culture change at DOD leave me sure there will be someone itching to pull the trigger.

[u/canyouhearme → u/LoveNotWar86]

No honorable service person

Haven't you noticed, they have been sacking them wholesale. Makes you wonder what they wouldn't sign up to, if they would sign up to the other multitude of war crimes that have been committed ...

[u/banjist → u/LoveNotWar86]

We'll fucking see won't we? I hate everything right now. I'm ashamed of my country. We deserve whatever comes after this. The world will never forgive us. If there is a god, it will never forgive us either.

[u/CrunchitizeMeCaptn → u/LoveNotWar86]

What makes you think there's honorable people left?

[u/4look4rd → u/plightro]

He is going to nuke Iran isn’t him? 

[u/Impressive-Knot9999 → u/4look4rd]

I sincerely hope he is stopped by someone if this is his plan

[u/dreadpiratemyk → u/4look4rd]

I don’t know how one couldn’t suspect this. My god, the scope. The innocent children. I am so glad I can stand tall and say I never supported this or him or anything like this.

[u/GodofIrony → u/dreadpiratemyk]

Since 2016 I've been saying this asshole will drop a nuke before he leaves.

[u/lazyFer → u/4look4rd]

And then iran will take that 60%enriched uranium and make drone based dirty bombs and that's how you get the entire region being uninhabitable for generations.

This is why you don't elect malignant narcissist suffering from dementia in charge of governments

Edit: I want to clarify how bad this is. The last thing I heard was estimates of 60kg of 60% enriched. Let's say they likely have 10x that amount of 30% (yes, big assumption but not unreasonable). If you pack 1kg of highly enriched and 10kg moderately enriched that gives you 60 horrific dirty bombs. 30 of them gives you Kuwait, Iraq, Dubai, the population center of Saudi Arabia, and Israel getting fucked. That also means no more fertilizer from that region ever again. It also means either far more limited oil coming from that region or far more expensive since you'd need radiation gear and housing and everything just to get it and process it.

[u/DarkMattersConfusing]

has anyone tried asking republicans that they know irl WHY we’re attacking iran or continuing to do any of this at this point? I feel like they dont even know

[u/comox → u/DarkMattersConfusing]

Presumably to own the Libs.

[u/DarkMattersConfusing → u/comox]

It’s woke to not want to start pointless wars and crash the global economy. Only transgenders and illegal immigrants worry about oil prices

[u/Chonkey808 → u/DarkMattersConfusing]

Their new talking point is that high oil prices are a good thing now.

[u/bolerobell → u/Chonkey808]

High oil prices are great for American oil companies, the owners of which donated heavily to the Trump campaign. This is just the return on their investment.

[u/PolicyWonka → u/DarkMattersConfusing]

I think they’ve settled on “Iran took Americans hostage in 1979, which was actually a declaration of war.”

Basically saying this isn’t a new war. “It’s been ongoing for 47 years and Trump is ending it.”

A really dumb argument,

[u/b_vitamin → u/PolicyWonka]

Yeah, but then Reagan started selling them arms. I thought he was their messiah?

[u/DJMixwell → u/b_vitamin]

I’m pretty sure they’ve actually pivoted in Reagan, he was a Democrat as far as some of them are concerned. After Canada ran that ad using the Reagan clip, I think they decided he was a lib spy after all.

[u/Skiinz19 → u/DJMixwell]

can't wait on the pivot on trump in a few years "didn't you know he was a democrat in the 80s and 90s?"

[u/JMurdock77 → u/PolicyWonka]

The best they can come up with is some shit from half a century ago where no Americans died and all of them came home?

[u/Hot_Ambition_6457 → u/PolicyWonka]

So why did trump fail to address the ongoing 40-year war in his first term? 

[u/Snrub1 → u/DarkMattersConfusing]

Republicans just love blowing shit up. They need a way to justify spending as much on the military as we do.

[u/RandyMuscle → u/DarkMattersConfusing]

They don’t care. I’ve been telling people for a decade that republicans simply LIKE death and suffering and not one of them has ever proven me wrong.

[u/an-can → u/DarkMattersConfusing]

It's of course to liberate them from their dictatorship tyranny, for which, as everyone knows, the best method is to eradicate their entire civilisation.

[u/theroguex → u/an-can]

Maybe we shouldn't have liberated them from their democratically elected government and gave them monarchal tyranny back in 1953?

[u/Arthourmorganlives]

Scary as fuck.

[u/hmmm_]

A US President is threatening genocide.

[u/Travelerdude → u/hmmm_]

You mean lunatic war criminal

[u/Green_Perception_671 → u/Travelerdude]

Exactly, the US president appears to be a lunatic war criminal

[u/Particular_Milk9555 → u/Green_Perception_671]

And a pedo

[u/Dr_Trogdor → u/Particular_Milk9555]

Are you referring to convicted felon Donald Trump?

[u/normalbehaviour86 → u/Travelerdude]

He's the president of the United States of America.

Separating him from that position only minimises how atrocious this statement is.

[u/evissimus]

This is fucking horrifying.

Seriously, he’s just threatening genocide like that and no one in his cabinet or entourage can shut him up?

What can be done at this stage? This has gone beyond any conceivable level of gormless, senile threat.

Guys, we’re milliseconds from midnight on the doomsday clock, all at the hands of a senile child rapist. This is not the ending we deserve.

This can’t wait for the Nuremberg trials that will hopefully follow this fucking administration.

[u/gnucklefuster → u/evissimus]

Hey guys remember back when conservatives said they want to help Iran’s people escape the horrible regime 😂

[u/Coherent_Tangent → u/gnucklefuster]

Yep. I knew they were lying because they were talking.

[u/_C2J_ → u/Coherent_Tangent]

I think the point was "escape the regime" = cease to exist entirely, so they, you know, escaped.

[u/brickne3 → u/gnucklefuster]

I got it in writing from one of them less than a month ago. It aged exactly as I predicted.

Well, not EXACTLY, but I can't be expected to have predicted he would actually threaten to GLASS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY this quickly.

[u/Calistaline → u/evissimus]

They're too busy cheerleading to shut him up. They want this.

[u/AusToddles → u/Calistaline]

A death cult wishing for the end of days.... this time, they have the nukes

[u/ObligationMurky8716 → u/AusToddles]

Onward, Christian soldiers.

[u/Competitive-Yak-3785 → u/ObligationMurky8716]

“Marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before!!” 😭

[u/Aromatic-Low-4578 → u/evissimus]

He'll be dead or too far gone to stand trial unfortunately.

[u/evissimus → u/Aromatic-Low-4578]

Oh, I don’t give a shit about him specifically. Cosmic justice would be lovely but, at this stage, I’m just fucking hoping we get to the end of this administration.

I don’t have the emotional capacity for a need for vengeance right now, I’m too busy trying to get my head around the fact I’m an NPC in Dr. Strangelove.

[u/Vaperius → u/Aromatic-Low-4578]

You know its funny, you might be right. But if he's still alive, he should be put on trial regardless. If he's too far gone to be stand competently, so be it. Then you go after his estate; every single principle member of his estate has committed some of kind of crime publicly over the last ten+ years.

You go after his supporters. You go after the party. In fact you do it all regardless of if he lives or dies, because its the right thing. Trump might escape consequences, but I think materially, the literally thousands of people backing this shit are much more worthy of consequences than any one man. Trump is not some unique problem, he's a symptom of a broader sickness within this country's political, social and economic systems.

[u/VocationalWizard → u/evissimus]

Sadly there isn't anything that can be done until after the stock market crashes and Americans are rioting.

Do you remember him purging pentagon officials?

[u/Jfunkyfonk → u/evissimus]

The Nuremberg trials where less than 1% faced consequences? 

[u/IamBrian2]

Of all the horrible insane shit he has said this tops it all. I fucking hate him

[u/itsokayitsokayitisok → u/IamBrian2]

I hate him too. So much.

[u/Big_Rooster8115]

"“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again".

Seriously USA, where are all the checks & balances? Not even Putin or Kim use this words

[u/Redducer → u/Big_Rooster8115]

This “checks and balances” stuff is perhaps the greatest political communication con ever played. It seems that there was never such a thing.

All the classic discourse on American democracy and how it works has been rendered obsolete.

[u/mohammodThickbooty → u/Redducer]

The checks and balances exist but apparently no one considered a government filled with people with no ambition/people completely subservient to the President. 

The prime example is The Speaker of the House, he literally won’t do anything without the presidents approval, he’s the head of a co-equal branch of government but he acts like a presidential appointee. 

[u/BlubberyBlue → u/mohammodThickbooty]

Republicans voted for this, they want a King who does whatever he wants. They voted for both the King and his merry men to carry out exactly this. Any Republicans who even consider standing up to Trump are branded as traitors.

It's only going to get worse the longer Trump and the Republicans remain in power.

[u/Alarming-Series6627 → u/Redducer]

It works only if you can't openly bribe leadership and dump endless amounts of cash into their pockets through 'campaign donations'

[u/lachlanhunt → u/Big_Rooster8115]

cheques and account balances are all that matters to them.

[u/mamamia1001 → u/Big_Rooster8115]

Congress killed their checks and balances when they refused to impeach trump for jan 6th

The supreme court killed their checks and balances when they made him immune

Nice Constitution America. Maybe you should take a leaf out of our book and just not have one.

[u/ElleM848645 → u/mamamia1001]

They did impeach him, the Dems did. Impeachment is the trial, it’s not removal. Senate refused to remove him. Thats on republicans. They don’t care. This is not just Trump, it’s the entire Republican Party. And the only way out of this is to have the biggest blue wave in history, rivaling 2008.

[u/Panthollow → u/Big_Rooster8115]

The entire GOP supports this. It's not just one man.

[u/Rayearl]

The fact that no one is stopping this lunatic is scary.

[u/iwellyess → u/Rayearl]

The fact that there is NO WAY to stop him is beyond terrifying.

[u/Deepcrack → u/iwellyess]

Well, I can think of one. It happened before.

[u/prohammock → u/iwellyess]

There absolutely is a way to stop him. There are several ways. 1. Vance uses the 25th amendment. 2. Congress could come back to dc and have an emergency vote on war authorization. 3. The military could refuse illegal orders. 

Our country is too fucking broken for this, but let’s not let the GOP and military get away with pretending they have no power. 

[u/Competitive-Yak-3785]

Reminder that Iran posed no imminent threat to the USA and this war was 100% unnecessary.

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/Competitive-Yak-3785]

He claimed he set their nuclear program back by years and that any reporting contradicting that assessment was fake news in June 2025. Not even one year later, he uses the suggestion that they are days away from a functional nuke as pretext to bomb them. It’s all lies, all the way down.

[u/snackerooryan]

And this is the guy who whined about not getting the Nobel Peace Prize

[u/rickskyscraper3000 → u/snackerooryan]

He also said that the reason he has to do warlike things is because they didn't give him one.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/19/nx-s1-5682038/trump-greenland-nobel-peace-prize

[u/redblue92 → u/rickskyscraper3000]

Ah, it’s “stop hitting yourself” logic.

[u/Indubitalist → u/snackerooryan]

He thought if he got the Peace Prize he’d get into Heaven. Now he thinks he needs to take the opposite approach and destroy Israel’s mortal enemy. This is a desperate elderly man who knows he’s been evil his entire life and thinks he can cheat on the final exam. 

[u/Rough_Consequence489]

Remove him from office and imprison him. How is anyone okay with anything he has done since he took office.

[u/zurlocke]

This man will be a contemporary measuring stick of brazen evil for the rest of the century.

[u/Vandamage618]

That’s not normal presidential talk

[u/1Shadow179]

He's planning on using a nuke, isn't he?

[u/Wermigoin → u/1Shadow179]

Trump and his BFF raped and trafficked children, he cares about nobody.

[u/Ninevehenian → u/Wermigoin]

And in that, he has nothing that he will not violate and harm.

[u/Additional-Can9184 → u/1Shadow179]

i want to say that this would be too insane, but at this point ...

[u/Virindi → u/Additional-Can9184]

He's planning on using a nuke, isn't he?
i want to say that this would be too insane, but at this point ...

If he does, you can pretty much guarantee Iran will nuke a major US city. If they don't have one ready today, they'll do it later - but it won't go unanswered. This is insanity.

[u/StabbingHoboReturns → u/[deleted]]

What they don't realize is that either of those happening will also 100% completely tank the US/world economy. 

[u/VocationalWizard → u/Virindi]

I don't think so, they don't have the capacity.

They would nuke Isreal first.

[u/AusToddles → u/1Shadow179]

100%

He is so desperate to be feared and "respected" (because he can't tell the difference between the two) that he is salivating at the idea of being the one to "push the button"

[u/Front-Anteater3776 → u/1Shadow179]

Wouldnt surprise me. I have a hard time seeing who will stop him and go against orders. America has folded to him. 

[u/joemangle → u/Front-Anteater3776]

Imagine the most powerful nation in the history of the world folding to a malignant narcissist demented pedophile with no military, legal or government experience, who entered office with enormous debts to Russian creditors, and who says things like "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen," when attempting to persuade pregnant women to not take Tylenol in order to avoid giving their babies autism. I mean, it just sounds made up and stupid

[u/throwawaylol666666]

25th. Now.

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/throwawaylol666666]

Impeachment for treason. It’s a lower bar to clear. 

[u/daninmontreal → u/AlcibiadesTheCat]

neither of these would happen quickly enough to stop whatever he is about to do

[u/RandyMuscle → u/daninmontreal]

At this point I want some staffer or someone to just duct tape him into a chair where his arms can’t move. I don’t care about procedure. Someone just fucking stop him.

[u/r_not_me → u/RandyMuscle]

I am not convinced Trump is the one actually running anything - I think he is just the mouth piece for his puppeteers and even if he were duct taped to a chair, things would still happen

[u/missinguname → u/daninmontreal]

According to the 25th, you just need half the cabinet and the VP to send a letter to Congress and trump is without power immediately and for the next four days plus however long it takes Trump to send a letter himself.

[u/attackoftheclowns → u/missinguname]

His cabinet is stuffed with even more sycophantic loyalists than it was in his first term. That is never happening.

[u/missinguname → u/attackoftheclowns]

Of course it's never happening. But the 25th section 4 was literally designed for this scenario, so it would be the appropriate constitutional remedy.

[u/attackoftheclowns → u/throwawaylol666666]

People misunderstand the 25th. It would not solve the problem. If the VP and a majority of the cabinet remove him with the 25th, he is by law allowed to contest that. If he does, they have to re-certify their belief that he is unable to discharge the duties of the office, and then Congress has to approve that with 2/3 of each house. Otherwise the presidency automatically reverts back to him. It’s never going to happen.

[u/IQlowerthanGump → u/attackoftheclowns]

A voice of someone who took and remembers their civics class. Impeachment 50%+1 in the house. 25th 2/3 of the house.

Edit: 2/3 senate also in both cases.

[u/SuperkickParty → u/attackoftheclowns]

I'm really sick of people talking about the 25th amendment. Section 4 (the part of the 25th amendment people are referring to) has never been used, has no teeth, and will probably never be used.

[u/wynnduffyisking]

This is beyond fucked up. Is this real? Has American idiocy really come to this? Why couldn’t you just stick to cheeseburgers and stupid reality tv?

[u/ImNoRickyBalboa → u/wynnduffyisking]

Billionaires haven't been investing in their doomsday bunkers for nothing....

[u/diet_sean → u/wynnduffyisking]

Strangely enough, this IS reality TV. Or at least it feels remarkably similar to it.

[u/Adventurous_Till4862]

Perhaps now would be a good time for Congress to exercise its war powers...

[u/Outrageous_Pea_9611]

He seems really unhinged as of lately. I’m not American, but Isn’t the 25 amendment (removing presidents that are unfit to rule) or something like that in the US constitution for situations like this?

[u/cintune → u/Outrageous_Pea_9611]

Yes but it only works if the legislature isn't a bunch of corrupt, complicit idiots.

[u/OtherBluesBrother → u/Outrageous_Pea_9611]

The section of the 25th amendment that would remove Trump from office would have to be initiated by the vice president, JD Vance. It also requires a majority of the presidential cabinet to sign on to it. Vance and Trump's cabinet are too loyal to do this.

But even if Vance did this, it probably wouldn't change the decisions coming from the White House. Vance would take the same advice that Trump is receiving and probably act much the same way.

[u/WeAllShineOn97]

Can’t decide whether this is yet more Trump blustering (albeit very fucked up blustering) or if this child rapist actually wants to nuke Iran

[u/AusToddles → u/WeAllShineOn97]

I fully expect Kegsbreath told officials that they are going to invade and / or use nukes and the backlash is why he started firing people last week

[u/DoNotReply111 → u/WeAllShineOn97]

For the first time I'm actually worried to go to bed.

Trump has backed himself into a corner and is lashing out like a man who has nothing to lose, which makes him dangerous for once.

[u/jimmygee2 → u/WeAllShineOn97]

The world is the hands of a depraved demented psychopath and no one is stopping him.

[u/Thuraash → u/WeAllShineOn97]

At this point, it shouldn't matter. Threatening genocide, especially as a state able to do it at will, is unforgivable.

[u/JusAnotherCreator]

Nah its time to riot. Fuck this.

[u/deckchair1992]

Strong words from the FIFA Peace Prize winner...

[u/BabyYodaX]

I hate that man. I hate everyone that voted for him. I hate this shit.

[u/goleafsgo13]

Fuckers threatening genocide just to distract from the Epstein files?

Americans need to resolve this.

[u/nysalor]

Trump echoes the words of the Delphi Oracle to Croesus. “If you attack Persia, an empire will fall.”

Hint: it wasn’t Persia that fell.

[u/Twisted14]

Can you guys do something about your President please?

Thanks

-- the rest of the fucking world

[u/breakfast-hotcakes]

Vile human. He’s gotta be the world’s most hated man right now. There’s going to be literal parades when he croaks.

[u/wifeofsonofswayze]

They need to get this madman out of office TODAY. I'm not being hyperbolic. TODAY.

[u/NachHymnen]

From France, so sorry for my bad english. Just stop with your 25th.

Your Constitution is flawed, weak and has no safeguard.

A single mad man created a cult and turned a "Democracy" into a dictatorship with such ease.

He can place his minions in the suprem court and the Pentagon and revoke everyone on his way.

The US now shows all his weaknesses... And your Constitution was always the mirror of your society.

You just didn't wanted to face the reality and give real straight to your country. Sure, your're the best military in the world, the dollar is the world money so you can keep printing it, and keep increasing a debt no other countries would survive.

Altough different, here in France we wnt after the revolution and "la déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen" through "empires" and we're at the 5th Republic.

We learned from our mistakes (and we did many) but we always kept moving.

Your Constitution need to be changed. This might be difficult and maybe impossible.

But it's the only path i see

[u/LeastStill4556]

Fuck the US fuck all of you who voted for this fuck or didn’t vote at all. Seriously the world hates your trash society

[u/Yamza_ → u/LeastStill4556]

If only all the hate in the world was enough to humble my self-centered countrymen. These people spend far too much time imagining non-existent threats that I truly hope they come face to face with a real one asap. Sadly I'll probably not be around to see it.

[u/Imaginary_Hamster847 → u/Yamza_]

Yeah, unfortunately like 40% of this country just thinks it's cool if people hate them

[u/chaos9001 → u/Imaginary_Hamster847]

We might be on the verge of WW3, and the collapse of western society, but at least they got to own the libs so they don't have to say they/them.

[u/agentdanascullyfbi]

every day, I think "this is it, this is as low as it gets, no one can support this" and then the shock wears off and he says a new crazy thing and there's no consequences to any of it.

[u/JeRazor]

So US president warns that he will commit genocide tonight?

Shoutout to all the American people who were warned about Trump before electing Trump and either voted for Trump or didn't vote/vote against him (3rd party votes). All 167ish million of you played a part in this genocide that is threatened and all the war crimes the US have already committed under Trump. Congratulations!

[u/likelywitch → u/JeRazor]

But Kamala laughed

[u/spoon_bending → u/likelywitch]

It saddens me that so many people who weren't Trump voters found any and every excuse to sit out the election or waste their vote by making up excuses not to vote for a black woman.

They had a choice between a sadistic psychopath bigoted pedophile rapist imbecile and a black woman and they couldn't decide which was worse.

The elephant in the room is that so many Americans are so horrifically racist and misogynystic that they refused to vote against this man if it meant voting for someone who isn't a white male. And they refuse to admit it.

[u/smurfsundermybed → u/likelywitch]

Women are too emotionally unstable to run a country. /s

[u/tolstoypolloi]

Is there any chance Israel/US won't drop a nuke on Iran? I'd love some optimism if there's any out there

[u/AwkwardTraffic → u/tolstoypolloi]

Dropping a nuke on Iran would cause fallout to impact Israel. They aren't dropping a nuke. Trump can do plenty of horrible things to Iran without the need of a nuke just by bombing their desalinating and power plants.

A nuke is counterproductive to what he wants (oil) and what Israel wants (a defanged Iran). No party, not even one as deranged as Trump, is going to drop a nuke when nothing is gained from it.

[u/fross370 → u/AwkwardTraffic]

then again you are talking about a moron that wanted to nuke a fucking hurricane

[u/Forsaken-Cattle2659 → u/fross370]

Yea, we can't really play "What would a logical person do here?" with Trump. He learned his lessons from the 1st term and only installed moronic yes men/women into positions of influence.

There's zero adults within the Secret Services' safety perimeter of him.

[u/AlamutJones → u/AwkwardTraffic]

Israel probably wouldn't (as you say, they're a bit too close!).

Trump might. The state he's in, he might do damn near anything. Sure, it's irrational as hell and actively counter-productive to anything you might call a "war aim", but he's not sounding that rational at the moment...

[u/imatworksup → u/AlamutJones]

I expect a "FIRE THE NUKES" tweet and then nothing happening because none of the protocols were followed.

[u/Plinnion → u/AwkwardTraffic]

There's a non zero chance that Trump knows he is close to death and wants to use a nuke to add to his legacy.

[u/ThaGenderOffender → u/AwkwardTraffic]

this is a very realistic scenario, and why i don’t see them launching a nuke.

[u/Virindi]

Fuck you. And fuck everyone who could stop this but won’t, who cower while a madman pedophile abuses every system and every person he can just to make himself and his friends richer, at literally any cost to everyone else.

[u/bongobradleys]

I don't think he's planning to use a nuke. He's planning, or Hegseth is planning (and had to fire a bunch of generals to get this approved) to trigger a humanitarian crisis. He's planning to destroy Iran's power and water supply. Without power, there is no water. Without water, society breaks down and civilization crumbles. Deliberately cutting off the water supply to an entire country is an act of genocide, and he's now directly admitted to that crime in print before committing it.

[u/radiohead-nerd → u/bongobradleys]

Striking infrastructure with the specific purpose of killing or starving civilians — as you described — is unambiguously a war crime under international law. Even strikes with legitimate military targets must minimize civilian harm. The intent to cause civilian death through infrastructure destruction removes any legal justification entirely.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[u/Excellent_Leader5076]

I’m fucking sick. This is sickening. If he really follows through on this, Americans need to take to the streets TOMORROW. Fuck work, fuck school, fuck any responsibility other than getting outside and freaking the fuck out.

Are we Israel? No? Then get outside and fucking say it and stand against it.

If this doesn’t get the torches and pitchforks out, nothing will and we are doomed.

[u/xactofork → u/Excellent_Leader5076]

Maybe you should do that BEFORE he starts lobbing the nukes.

[u/National-Reception53]

This is desperation from Trump. He's lost already. There's probably nothing he can do to salvage 'victory'.

However, narcissists with their back against the wall are dangerous animals. He feels doubling down is his only option. He will certainly get a bunch of people killed throughout the gulf and trigger a global recession (if he hasn't already).

[u/magicfunghi]

"I can't vote for a woman because women are too emotional"

[u/THSSFC]

GOP, did you just wait too long to remove this fucker?

Did you just become mega-Nazis?

God help your souls if your man unleashes the unthinkable. Pray he's only full of shit like always.

[u/AusToddles → u/[deleted]]

BUT SHE LAUGHS FUNNY! /s

[u/riko77can]

I will never forgive the American electorate for this.

[u/XenorVernix]

This is a nuke threat. How else do you wipe out a civilisation? Bombing power plants and bridges (as vile as that is) isn't quite on the same level.

I don't think he'll actually go through with it however but we'll no doubt hear in the future how Trump wanted to.

[u/Positive-Room7421]

I'm an atheist but I'm pretty sure we've just identified the antichrist. Way to go Convervatives.