President Trump on Tuesday issued another threat against Iran, saying a “whole civilization will die tonight,” raising fears that he’s threatening to use nuclear weapons.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” the president wrote on Truth Social. He went on to reference his deadline that he previously set for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or agree to some sort of diplomatic deal by 8 pm EST tonight, but there’s no sign that real negotiations are taking place.
“However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!” Trump added.
Trump has previously threatened that if a deal isn’t reached by tonight, he will order strikes to destroy all of Iran’s power plants and bridges, and he has also suggested he may bomb desalination plants. While visiting Hungary on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance backed Trump’s threats.
“We’re going to get a response from the Iranians by 8 o’clock tonight. I hope they make the right response … They’ve got to know, we’ve got tools in our toolkit that we so far haven’t decided to use. The president of the United States can decide to use them, and he will decide to use them if the Iranians don’t change their course of conduct,” Vance said.
The US-Israeli war against Iran and Trump’s rhetoric have led to calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove him from power, including from former allies. But such a step would require Vance and the majority of Trump’s cabinet to declare that Trump is unfit to serve, and there doesn’t appear to be any dissent at that level.
“25TH AMENDMENT!!!” former House Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X on Tuesday in response to Trump’s latest threat. “Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness.”
Some sitting members of Congress are also calling for Trump’s removal. “We need to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said in a video posted on Tuesday morning. “Threatening war crimes is a blatant violation of our constitution and the Geneva Conventions.”
The president’s post on Tuesday marked the second day in a row that he issued a warning that could be taken as a threat to use nuclear weapons. “The entire country could be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday.
