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Lucy Campbell

‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran

destroyed bridge with city skyline in background
A view of the damaged B1 bridge on Friday, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, in Karaj, Iran. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Some US politicians have reacted with alarm and questioned the US president’s mental state after Donald Trump issued an abusive, expletive-laden threat to Iran in which he called on the regime to “open the fuckin’ strait [of Hormuz], you crazy bastards”, as he threatened to further attack the country’s energy and transport infrastructure.

The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

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