Senator Jack Reed, the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently slammed President Trump for a Truth Social post where the president threatened that Iranian “civilization will die tonight.” Reed stated that Trump’s post goes far beyond what any president should ever say or do, equating the threat to eliminate a civilization with genocide.
This kind of rhetoric, he said, is illegal, immoral, and simply shouldn’t be part of an American president’s vocabulary. The ominous sentiment Trump suggested, according to Reed, would indeed be a criminal act. According to The Hill, Reed went on to say that the president’s current behavior is actively setting back any chances of achieving a peaceful ceasefire in the region.
