We are all familiar with the adage of the boy who cried wolf, whose modern storytelling equivalent is the president who posts threats on social media. On Easter Friday, Donald Trump threatened Iran with words that are not even publishable in most mainstream outlets, promising that Tuesday would be “Power Plant Day and Bridge Day”, asking Iran to open the “f**** Strait, you crazy b********”, and signing off with a “praise be to Allah”.
On April 7, the D-Day of his threats, Trump followed it up with another warning: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
