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President Donald Trump dropped an expletive on a Truth Social post regarding Iran on Easter.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Trump wrote in the April 5 post on Truth Social. “Open the F—— Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” The president signed off his message, “Praise be to Allah.”
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf condemned Trump’s threat, claiming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was misleading Trump, reported USA TODAY.
“Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands,” he posted on X. “Make no mistake: You won’t gain anything through war crimes.”
The comments come after Trump’s address to the nation on April 1, where he hailed U.S. battlefield successes.
“Iran’s navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins,” Trump said. “Their leaders — most of them (in the) terrorist regime they led — are now dead.”
Ahead of the speech, Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran’s new regime president, who is “much less radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors” had just asked for a ceasefire.
“We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!” Trump said on Truth Social on April 1.
In the address to the nation Trump said, “We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” Trump said. “We’re going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong.”
USA TODAY contributed to this story.
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