Trump Posts New Iran Threat: 'A Whole Civilization Will Die'
By: Joe DePaolo (Mediaite)
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Joe DePaoloApr 7th, 2026, 8:40 am
President Donald Trump delivered a shocking, ominous new warning just hours ahead of his 8 p.m. ET deadline — after which he has vowed to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure if a deal is not struck.
In a stunning post to Truth Social Tuesday morning, the president laid out — in blunt terms — what he expects to happen after his deadline passed.
"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," Trump said. "I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."
The president added, "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!"
The comments seem to corroborate a new report from Axios, in which an unnamed U.S. official described Trump as being the "most bloodthirsty" voice in the room on Iran discussions. The official added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth "sound like the doves compared to the president."
Trump has threatened to attack Iranian power plants and bridges if a deal is not struck by Tuesday evening. Reporters have confronted him on whether this action would potentially constitute a war crime, if carried out. But the president has shrugged off those arguments, in contrast to what many international law experts believe.
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Doesnt matter if he carries out this insane threat or not - he's nuts and unfit.
Congress needs to step in before he tries to put boots on the ground!!!
the joint chiefs need to start wearing their sidearms when visiting the the oval office ...
Right after they start wearing their big boy pants.
I think Trumps threats have lost their potency and people will wait him out.
Yes, Iran is not going to cave. This is a culture that embraces martyrdom. But even if not, imagine if this were us. Would we cave?
Trump is a dangerous fool and at this point even the most ardent Trump supporter should recognize that he is unfit for office and needs to be removed.
Now, imagine if he were to carry out his threat.
trump's itching to push the button ...
Tragically, that is a possibility.
Actually an interesting question. We do not embrace martyrdom and while it is easy to say we would never give up how much destruction would we be willing to endure before saying it is enough? Especially if the other country(countries) could have their way with us. Would we use a nuke as a defensive weapon?
Think "The Man in the High Castle"
that right there would be war crime
unfortunately he goes dropping nukes on Iran Russia will retaliate and drop them on us and Israel
And then? Armageddon has come for Kegsbreath all those other goddammned christian nationalists who never think of the consequences
Do you recognize that Trump is unfit to hold the office of PotUS?
oo! oo! I know this answer! Pick me! Pick me!
Do you recognize my comment was hypothetical and had nothing to do with the present or Trump since we are not in a position to be overwhelmed at the present time and therefore your response is totally irrelevant?
I recognize the intro to a maga tap dancing recital on a circular stage that has no corners ...
I asked you a very clear question: Do you recognize that Trump is unfit to hold the office of PotUS?
Even now, you cannot bring yourself to state that Trump is unfit. You deflect.
Just sickening.
Yes, your question is clear. As is my refusal to play your game and allow you to change the subject of my comment
Of course I can state my feelings on the subject. I just refuse to play your grammar school game and allow you to draw conclusions or change the subject of my comment
I hope you feel better soon.
You spent plenty of words dodging a very simple question: "Do you recognize that Trump is unfit to hold the office of PotUS?"
Your repeated deflection and refusal is a tacit 'no' ... you hold that Trump is fit to be PotUS.
There is a difference between dodging a question and refusing to play the game of someone attempting to control and change the discussion. Not sure why that is such a difficult concept
Not at all, unless with no data you feel it is right to make shit up.
Such a grammar school tactic to try and get someone refusing to answer a question to answer it. "If you don't answer it then it means............................"
Sickening
On a matter this important, your refusal to acknowledge that Trump is unfit when he threatens war crimes ... in particular, the destruction of a society ... illustrates that even now you continue to support this lunatic.
Now you are just repeating nonsense
See 2.1.12
I have seen all the flags, and I want you all to knock it off. Consider this a gift
according to his "truth" Trump is now in control of "one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the world", in other words he is KING OF THE WORLD !. He has arrived!, and God decreed it !
As a malignant narcissist, Donald Trump has a manic need for attention, which is why we would love to ignore him. Sadly, because the American people foolishly thought that he would make a better president the second time around, this is a luxury we do not have. Therefore, we regret to inform you that the severely mentally ill man with command over the US’s nuclear arsenal on Tuesday threatened a country of 90 million people with annihilation.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote in a social media post that should put to rest any arguments over whether he is fit for office.
He is not. In fact, the only thing he should preside over is the resident’s council of an in-patient psychiatric hospital.
It is truly unfortunate that Congress is still in recess (and that the Capitol Hill press corps is so feckless), because it would be nice to get GOP lawmakers on the record about how they feel about their leader saying that he wants to wipe out an entire country forever.
Of course, what they would say is that this is just Trump being Trump, which is true. The problem is that the president is nuts.
They will also argue that this is a “negotiating tactic.” In a sense, that is also correct… if you think that “negotiating” means that a president with the mentality of a common mobster is vowing to direct the US military to commit massive war crimes.
In reality, it smacks of desperation.
Iran has responded to the US-Israeli attacks in the only way that has proven to be effective against Trump: by punching back. In its case, that means holding the global economy hostage and attacking US allies in the Middle East.
That’s not great for the rest of the world, which has been paying the price for the war, but that’s not Tehran’s concern. They didn’t start this.
We are guessing that Israel also doesn’t particularly care.
Trump, however, does, because his approval ratings have gone from bad to worse to terrible. Ahead of a midterm election that will be about the cost of living more than anything else, he is correctly viewed as a main driver of high prices with his tariffs and this war.
Therefore, the president would really like to end this conflict; he just can’t figure out how.
His options are limited. He can call it quits at any point with the Islamic regime still in power (and with access to hundreds of pounds of enriched uranium), Iran’s military capabilities diminished but not “obliterated,” Tehran in control of the Strait of Hormuz, and everybody having learned the lesson that the only way to deal with Trump is to stand up to him and cause the American people pain.
He can hope for a negotiated peace, which seems to be what his ominous warnings are about. But it’s tough to see how Iran will agree to anything short of retaining all of the above. A version of this outcome is the president reversing course at the last moment, claiming that there are ongoing talks, and extending his deadline once again.
Or Trump can follow through on his threats and hope that a military campaign of extreme brutality, cruelty, and lethality will force Iran to cave.
Finally, based on the wording of his social media post, the president seems to think that now is the time for Iranians to rise up.
“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?” wrote the historically unsubtle Trump.
“Revolutionary wonderful,” get it?
“We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World,” the president added. “47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!”
Sure, because nothing says “bless the great people of Iran” like “a whole civilization will die tonight.”
It would be great if somebody stepped in and ended this insanity. Unfortunately, the only ones who can do that are card-carrying members of Trump’s MAGA cult in the cabinet and in Congress.
Therefore, we’ll just have to hope that this is simply another insider trading opportunity for people in the president’s orbit. And the fact that this is the best-case scenario should illustrate that the US is in a desperate place.
Have progressives not figured out Trump yet? Ever heard of the mad man theory of negotiating?
He's make wild, maximalist threats and takes maximalist positions in attempts to throw his opponent off balance. That it continues to work on progressives after years shows its utility.
The danger is when your opponents are religious psychopaths who welcome Armageddon the threats may not be perceived as a bad thing.
Do you recognize that Trump is unfit to be PotUS?
Reactionaries find him amusing. His unsuitability is one of the reasons for their deep support of him.
No, unlike Biden he's legally competent.
In conclusion, no matter what Trump does, you will engage in partisan crap and refuse to acknowledge that Trump is unfit to be PotUS.
He doesnt pass the most rudimentary smell test.
I wish we didn't have a Code of Conduct
I would lay down some blistering words on the MAGA NT
You call him a criminal and then say's he lacks the mentally competency to be President. Make up your mind.
I'd take the people pushing the 25th amendment nonsense seriously if they ever used his alleged incompetency to argue against charging him with every crime under the sun. But nope. Just the usual partisan talking points that maintain no logical continuity from day to day or post to post.
Agreed. It is disgusting.
Apparently you are not following along very well. The above makes no sense whatsoever.
Trump is a criminal. He does lack the mental competency to be PotUS. Both statements are accurate IMO.
You have established that even now, you do not consider Trump unfit. As long as you continue with that position, your comments are meaningless to me.
and should be shunned and ignored and completely disregarded
Both are true.
Delusional comment.
See? that's why they worship at his feet. They think that we are the unhinged ones and trmp is the one making us that way.
They are the unhinged ones. Wait until he does try to bomb Iran out of existence. I don't believe Russian and China will stand idly by. All humans have the same reaction to a nuclear attack.
We all die
Iran, Russia China and American progressives all working together and parroting the same propaganda.
Can't say its a a surprise .
You left out Hungary where Vance is currently sweet-talking Putin's and Trump's bff Orban.
It's actually kind of funny looking at the back and forth. For years now the left has been stating that as Trump lies all the time, nothing he says can be counted on as truthful. Yet they do seem 'laser focused' on comments that they can then use to "illustrate" how insane, evil and nazified he is and how he must be removed. They don't point it out for clarification; they point it out in order to feel better about themselves.
I get less dizzy watching a tennis match.
The very fact that Trump made these comments illustrates that he is unfit to be PotUS.
He may very well be lying (one can only hope he does not commit the USA to war crimes) but that does not change the fact that this guy is unhinged and should be removed from office.
Do you recognize that Trump is unfit to be PotUS?
MAGA are the ones that tell us not to believe everything he says.
Trump is almost always lying when his mouth is flapping.
How do you defend Trump saying he will end another civilization?
Is this part of the take him seriously but not literally bullshit? People just like you have no standards for this man to adhere to. Fuck Trump supporters.
I'm gonna say this loud enough for the ones in the back
FUCK TRUMP SUPPORTERS
I expect a full COC ticket for this one. That's what....8 points???
Now don't everybody bust your ass trying to be the first one to flag me
Don't blame me as I'm not gonna flag you. I actually laughed at your post and I tend to agree.
But I would like one clarification from someone who's not on the rabid side. Can you show where in my comment that I actually defended anything that Trump has done? My post was more laughing at the extreme left but as you can see from the comments there are some who seem to believe that I actually defended Trump. As I don't have that secret decoder ring I was hoping that you could show me the error of my ways.
LOL I am getting alot of that today
On a day when the PotUS declares: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," you refuse even to acknowledge that Trump is unfit to be PotUS.
that would be admitting he made a mistake
Defending Trump is also a mistake, and it is undeniable.
Still trying I see
thank you Sandy. I didn't think that should go unpunished
Honestly, this is where I'm wishing there really was a deep state that could step in and cut the dick off this administration and just get our nation back to even resembling normal. This President and those who put him in office are one of the greatest embarrassments this country will ever have to endure. It's a shame that apparently Trump supporters' brains are incapable of shame, otherwise they too would be embarrassed by this rapist sexual predator liar and convicted felon staining America's legacy with threats of genocide and hell on earth to those who refuse to bow to the orange clown. What utter despicable pieces of shit, calling them deplorable is clearly now an understatement.
It seems that way, and that is a major problem since they enable him.
Republican Trump toad Ron Johnson says he "hopes and prays" Trump will not target civilians. The today version of "thoughts and prayers" .