U.S. President Donald Trump says that “an entire civilization will die tonight” as his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz looms on Tuesday.
“A complete civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to occur, nevertheless it probably will,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning, 12 hours ahead of his deadline for Iran.
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Nonetheless, he added that there was potential for something “wonderful” to occur in Tehran.
“Nonetheless, now that now we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and fewer radicalized minds prevail, possibly something revolutionarily wonderful can occur, WHO KNOWS?” he added.
Trump said his deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern is “one of the crucial essential moments within the long and complicated history of the World,” saying “47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end.”
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