As he tries to force Iran’s capitulation, US Pres Donald Trump issued what appeared to be another threat to commit an act of mass destruction against the country through nuclear war.
When negotiations have failed in recent weeks, Trump has on many occasions fallen back on genocidal threats — including himself “All Civilization” of Iran would “die” and the whole country would die “blown up“- which have only appeared outrage AND galvanize his Iranian opponents instead of making them tremble with fear.
WHEREAS The Trump administration has continued to insist that the ceasefire with Iran was still in effect, the two countries have exchanged significant fire this week.
On Thursday (May 7), the US launched what it said were “self-defense” strikes on military facilities it claimed were responsible for attempting to attack three US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran called the attacks a ceasefire violation and said its attacks on US ships were in response to US bombing of Iran. oil tank the day before.
Trump told reporters Thursday that if the truce really ended, everyone would know. “If there’s no ceasefire, you’re just going to have to watch a big glow coming from Iran,” he said. “They better sign the deal quickly… If they don’t sign it, they’re going to be in a lot of pain.”
To many observers, this sounded like a threat from Trump to carry out a nuclear holocaust, although it could also be a downgrade of Trump’s threats to attack civilian energy. infrastructurewhich it would still be a war crime.
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, editor-in-chief of Responsible Statecraft, pointed out that if it really was a nuclear threat, it would be “ironic since the war today is supposed to be to prevent Iran from getting… a nuclear weapon.”
of Iranian-American National Council (NIAC) said that “the threat to make Iran shine—with nuclear weapons or otherwise – is an almost unimaginable threat to commit a massive war crime against 92 million people. It should never be normalized.”
“It again raises pressing questions: Is this president capable of leading and making important decisions that affect countless lives?” said the group. “Would the chain of command reject illegal orders to make Iran ‘glow up,’ killing millions?”
Trump’s pledge to wipe out Iranian civilization last month drew widespread condemnation and led dozens of Democratic members of Congress for it calling for his The Cabinet will remove him from office using the powers of the 25th Amendment.
“Our leaders must interrogate these questions seriously, and not write them off as the ramblings of a madman,” NIAC said. “Trump is the president and can seek to act on these terrible and despicable threats. This war must end, and so must Trump’s terrible threat to war crimes.”
