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Salon
Chauncey DeVega

Trump bombs Iran. Hunger at home

Donald Trump, who claims to be a Christian, started Easter with a profane threat. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” he posted on his Truth Social platform. “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F***kin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

In a phone interview with Axios later Sunday morning, the president reiterated his threats of massive, indiscriminate destruction that, according to experts, would likely constitute a war crime: “There is a good chance [of a deal being reached with Iran], but if they don’t make a deal, I am blowing up everything over there.”

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